Yawper

At this point I have attended all manner of conferences, seminars, roundtable discussions, forums, debates, hearings, and any other type of professional dialogue.  After thousands of hours spent in meetings one surprising fact has become quite clear: on most questions there is very little fundamental disagreement about solutions. Be they Republican or Democrat, intern or […]

An unassuming Congressman from New Mexico may have found a way to finally “drain the swamp” of Washington D.C. Republican Steve Pearce is not claiming to fulfill the promise Ronald Reagan made to drain the swamp of big government.  In fact, Pearce’s proposal may come closer to Nancy Pelosi’s pledge to drain the swamp of […]

Serving Westchester, Rockland, and parts of Putnam County in New York’s Hudson Valley, the Journal News made the decision to publish an interactive map detailing the names and addresses of every pistol permit holder in their area.  What they did was put a target on every home that does not own a gun. The Journal […]

A shot fired at point-blank range is not, as is commonly thought, a shot fired at extremely close range.  Point-blank range is the distance a shot can travel in a direct line.  In other words, a shooter need not account for variables, like air resistance, or make projections, such as for elevation, to land his […]

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?  On the eve of the election it is time to look objectively at the classic campaign question. Where possible, I sought to compare November 2008, the month Barack Obama was elected President, to today.  Where that was not possible I used end of year […]