Author: Patrick

Chris Erskine, courtesy of the LA Times: When Sequoyah’s players showed up for Foothill Sports League games, with their ragtag uniforms and a girl at linebacker, the other junior high teams didn’t exactly tremble...

There’s been a sort of devolution in the comment threads lately with people retreating to corners or focusing on negativity or any one of a number of other sub-dynamics that always strike me as...

Consider this an open thread.

I’m going to start by saying that this is not legal advice, and indeed may be against any number of civil or criminal laws in your local jurisdiction. It’s generally first and foremost a...

Both RT and Reason have reported on a story that apparently got its roots over at Infowars, regarding the Department of Homeland Security purchasing paper targets for law enforcement officials to practice gunning down...

The always-excellent Janet Stemwedel (aka Dr. Free-Ride) dissects a case of professional ethics failure.  A snippet:

Blogging HT to Gawker. Christopher Jordan Dorner, the 33-year-old ex-LAPD officer who allegedly killed a young Los Angeles couple on Sunday in revenge for his termination from the force, is only getting started, according...

I found this to be an incredibly awesome read, and thought it deserved a link. “Look at me overcoming a wrench.” (image credit: linked post)

The new Chick-fil-A. There’s a new Facebook meme.

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Guns In America. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so...

The Department of Homeland Security (Houston) produced this video.  Warning, you might find the depiction to be disturbing.  There’s a bit of FUD in the beginning, particularly… “occasionally, life feels more like an action...

The Senate can’t manage to wrangle a deal on the debt ceiling.  The Senate can’t manage to wrangle a deal on the fiscal cliff. The Senate can manage to extend domestic warrantless surveillance until...

So, what happens on January 3rd? On January 3rd, the House of Representatives holds its next vote for Speaker of the House.  You need to have a straight majority to win. Historically, this is...

This is for all the haters.

I need to see these two movies.  I need a dimensional shifting transport such that I can visit the place where they were made.

The Mind Boggles. “Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom,” Emphasis mine.

I’d like to take a moment to publicly thank poll workers for doing a likely very boring job under likely very irritating circumstances for likely no recognition… except highly negative recognition. (“What do you...

USA Today reports Disney is buying Lucasfilm from its sole owner, Mr. Lucas, for ~$4.1 billion dollars. Said Disney CEO Robert Iger: “This is one of the great entertainment properties of all time, one...

On Mike’s comment rescue of Zic’s great comment, commentor Bookdragon asks: As I’ve grown older and look like less of a target (and earned belts in judo, jui jitsu and karate), I’ve worried a...