Not only are big communications firms like AT&T cheerfully being complicit in assisting the government in whatever it wants - privacy concerns be damned - but they are explicitly amortizing the charges for doing so across all their customers.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Washington Post featured a story this week about how the NSA is funneling information about Americans to other law enforcement agencies. These "tips" are then obfuscated as the source of the information while, the DEA for instance, attempts to develop a parallel line of investigation to reproduce whatever probable cause was uncovered by the signal intelligence exploits of the NSA.   Read the rest of this entry »

I’m honored to have been considered influential by no less than two of what I consider the best conservative bloggers out there. Bob Mack and Steve over at Motor City Times. Thanks guys.   Read the rest of this entry »

Red Sparrow is a new spy novel by Jason Matthews. It’s new and fresh in every sense. This is no cold-war spy story. It’s a “ripped from the headlines” spy story with Russia cast as the heavy, reset buttons be damned. Russia’s President Putin even figures in Matthews’ tale as a nasty, narcissistic throwback to his Soviet predecessors.   Read the rest of this entry »

This is a continuation of a multi-part review of Richard Weaver's Ideas of Consequences. This book is too densely filled with ideas for a quick reading or review.   Read the rest of this entry »

Thomas Crocker has written an important book. Braddock’s March is the story of how the defeat of a powerful army sowed the seeds of the American Revolution. It recounts the logistical nightmare of mounting a campaign across an ocean and deep into a dense and nearly impenetrable frontier.   Read the rest of this entry »

Honor is something that has to be earned. Trayvon Martin was not a role model.   Read the rest of this entry »

A Russian and Bangladeshi discuss gun control.   Read the rest of this entry »

In January of 2013, President Obama has ordered that the CDC and “other relevant federal agencies, immediately begin identifying the most pressing firearm-related research problems.” Consequently, Priorities For Research To Reduce The Threat of Firearm-Related Violence was produced by National Academy of Sciences. The following is the result of a careful analysis and reading of the document.   Read the rest of this entry »

More consequences of our electoral choice. Another weapon lost in the Obama administration's failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation has purportedly been traced to two more killings, including the fatal shooting of a police chief in Mexico.   Read the rest of this entry »