Politics
The Benghazi Hearing: Covering the Barrel of the Smoking Gun?
In 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a popular book about Sherlock Holmes called “The Adventure of Gloria Scott.” In this late 19th century thriller, Holmes used the evidence of a “smoking gun” to catch his villain.
The Collins English Dictionary defines a smoking gun as “a piece of irrefutable incriminating evidence.” In other words, if the gun still has wasps of smoke around it near a victim, then it’s probably the one that committed the crime. Read More
Being Progressive is Actually Regressive
If you watched the first Democratic debate, you now know that the preferred label for Democratic candidates is no longer liberal, but progressive.
They all used the term to describe themselves and seemed to revel in it. Read More
Mass Murder Shootings: It’s a Matter of Omnipresence
The recent college shooting in Roseburg, Oregon has renewed the issue of gun control in the United States.
Immediately following the death of nine students at the hand of a madman at Umpqua Community College, President Obama said that the incident should be politicized and passionately argued that we need stricter gun laws.The people of Roseburg disagreed–many of them protesting the president’s visit last Friday to comfort the families of the victims. Read More