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Yep. So much for any notion that DC is better off without guns. In a fascinating article today, the Washington Post - citing numerous local officials basically admit that any major emergency will send the DC area spiraling into New Orleans like chaos...

It turns out that brown water navy stud Sean Penn is a gun guy. Maybe a hard-core he-butch man like Penn can get large and in charge and settle some long-standing debates for us clueless gunnies. Pump or auto shotgun? Oh, right. Pump. 9mm or .45? Oh, r...

Yet, they do not consider the inherent moral dangers that arise when a people decide to cast off the chains that moor the ship of state to a solid philosophical anchor, and let that ship drift out in the currents of opinion.

The USS Pueblo is a popular tourist attraction on the Taedong River in Pyongyang North Korea North Korea is trying to use the USS Pueblo to force Condi Rice to make nice. Won't happen. Captured Crew Members USS Pueblo,...

I have perused some lefty blogs and read some message boards today that have left me flat out disgusted. You remember the CNN story "Firms With White House Ties Get Katrina Contracts" right? Well, the complaints I’ve been reading the past couple of ...

When asked about the federal response with regard to evacuation of Hurricane Katrina survivors during an interview with Chris Wallace on this week's edition of Fox News Sunday, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) responded ... this (the Bush) administration ...

I've been described by others and by personality tests I've had to take over the years as someone who is pretty emotionally centered. My highs are not euphoric and my downs are not extreme. There is one exception. For as long as I can remember, hero...

John Roberts Judge Roberts is before the Senate giving his opening statement. He has no notes. No paper shuffling. No "where's page 10?" He had his points memorized and his delivery easy and practiced. No downcast furtive glances at...

I had no “great awakening” with 9/11; I knew it was Islamic terrorists from the instant the second plane hit the WTC, and in fact, I suspected terrorism once I saw the first plane wasn’t just a crash by a clueless Cessna pilot. The Iranian Revolution a...

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White House officials today released a picture of the President and his f...

Schools fear 'tax giveaway'....

New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin pleaded with other cities in the Gulf of Mexico region to assist in meeting the mayor's body-count assessment.

Few debate the fact there were many mistakes made in the early stages of the Katrina relief effort. As much as I as well as others have criticized FEMA and pointed out the loss of disaster professionals in the organization, some are not so critical an...

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