Category Archives: Editorials

California Implements Common Sense Foie Gras Control

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Stuart Carter

While trawling my Twitter feed, I saw an article on one of the world’s most delicious delicacies: foie gras. As of July 1, California law decrees that foie gras is verboten. While it might not seem obvious, there’s a strong parallel between California’s goose … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorials, Gun Control | 35 Comments

How Not to Secure the Bitter Clinger Vote

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

Michael Barbaro of the NYT’s Political Caucus blog brings the news that GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a meeting recently with everyone’s favorite little know-it-all, Michael Bloomberg. “The pursuit of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s presidential endorsement is headed … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorials, Gun Control, News | 49 Comments

Washington, Where Nothing’s Funnier than Government-Sponsored Gun-Running

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

The Annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a self-congratulatory mutual masturbation marathon that’s ostensibly a “roast” of the President. No matter who’s in the big chair, at best it’s a drunken festival of strained jokes, rictus-like grins and too-hearty knee … Continue reading →

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On the Restoration of Felons’ Gun Rights

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Nick Leghorn

Before the NRA annual meeting in St. Louis this year the TTAG crew had a very nice dinner with Dick Heller at Dan’s place. The topic of discussion that night meandered from one thing to another, but the main discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment, Editorials, Law and Order | 112 Comments

Historical Symmetry: Four Reverends and Four Men Named George

Posted on April 16, 2012 by William C. Montgomery

This is a tale of four Georges. The first George, George Santayana (aka Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás) famously penned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Our second George is Gorge Zimmerman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorials | Tagged Chief George Black, George Santayana, George White, George Zimmerman, Mob violence, William C. Montgomery | 46 Comments

Quote of the Day: Due Process Edition

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dan Zimmerman

“I don’t want to live in a democracy – where we have the rule of law, and where there’s such thing as due process – where people start to state as facts things that are not proven.” – Ann Althouse, … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorials, Media, Personal Defense | 24 Comments

I Am George Zimmerman

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Robert Farago

“I am Trayvon Martin.” The homemade sign in the video above helps explain the outpouring of rage from the African American community. Millions of African Americans believe that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin for the crime of WWB (Walking While … Continue reading →