Month: August 2020

When Joe Biden announced that his choice for a running mate would be a black woman, he really hemmed himself in. Black women have yet to make the same impact on politics that white women and black men have, so Biden’s choices were necessarily limited. With running mates in recent years largely being picked from […]

It shouldn’t be surprising that the issue of face masks has become highly politicized. That’s the case any time the government mandates something. And particularly because the evidence supporting the use of face masks to prevent the spread of viruses is so thin, it’s only logical that millions of Americans are growing weary of the […]

If you want an example of how petty government officials can be, and how spurious many supposed coronavirus protections are, one need only look at the case of The Village Line in Kenmore, New York. The bar recently had its liquor license suspended by state authorities for supposedly violating Governor Cuomo’s executive order. But the […]

Both politicians and public health officials have rested their hopes on a resolution of the COVID-19 crisis on the eventual availability of a COVID vaccine. More than one government leader has said that lockdowns, restrictions, and mask orders won’t disappear until a vaccine is created and distributed. But how realistic is it to assume that […]

Like its larger brother the .308 Winchester, the 5.56x45mm/.223 Remington cartridge has been used by wildcatters since its inception to create new and interesting cartridges. Since the 5.56 is already a .22-caliber cartridge, necking it down hasn’t really been feasible until recently. But necking it up to take larger-caliber bullets has been practiced for a […]

The protests in reaction to the death of George Floyd have long since forgotten the reason for their existence, and now serve largely as an outlet for the anger or frustration of the mob. From Portland to Richmond, mob violence seems to have become the norm. Rather than peacefully protest, work through the electoral process, […]

Despite the CDC’s mortality data showing that COVID-19 has led total deaths in the US to rise just slightly higher than the 2018 flu season, you wouldn’t know that from the media coverage of COVID-19. Every uptick in new cases or deaths is cause for alarm. The sky is falling, we’re on the verge of […]

If you’re over the age of 30, there’s a good chance that the social media platforms you used as a teenager are now passé. Facebook and Twitter were long since left to the olds, and even Snapchat, Instagram, and others are having a hard time gaining younger users. It seems that every few years, another […]

If you own a gun, this November’s elections could be critical to determining whether or not you’re allowed to continue owning that gun. Joe Biden recently released his campaign’s gun control proposals, and they’re a real doozy. If he wins the election and is able to put even half of his proposals into action, it […]