When Free Soil settlers in Kansas were being bloodied by pro-slavery forces in the years before the American Civil War, abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher decided enough was enough, endorsing the shipment of a thousand high-powered Sharps rifles to the…
The least improbable feature of Bernie Sanders campaign to become President is that, if elected, he would be 80 years old when he takes the oath of office. But, then, he is not only old, he is a socialist and…
Andrew Cuomo recently blurted out that “America has never been great.” The remark generated the predictable reaction and Cuomo quickly backed away, saying that the remark had been “inartful” and that, of course, “America has always been great.” The Governor…
When the Obama administration was still in office, many gun stores across America featured a picture of the President with the caption “Gun Salesman of the Year.” And, in fact, while Barack Obama worked to “fundamentally transform America” which he…
In the wake of the attacks on the Second Amendment, now they’re coming for the First Amendment. And — but of course — Joe Scarborough is joining. But very, very selectively because, of course, the last thing he wants to…
It gets worse. Most of us were introduced to Sheriff Israel when he blamed NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch for the deaths of 17 high school children at CNN’s grief-exploitation spectacle. Since then, we’ve learned that his office received over sixty…
CNN put on an atrocious spectacle last week, hosting a “town hall” production that was, as Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and the Chicago Tribune’s John Kass both remarked, a re-enactment of the Two Minutes’ Hate scene in George Orwell’s classic…
Entrusting legislation to politically correct lynch mobs — which is the first instinct of Democrats after any tragedy — doesn’t make for good policy or good politics. In the feverish mood of the moment, a Democrat could propose house-to-house confiscatory…