"The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom."
–Robert A. Heinlein, in Beyond This Horizon
All I would add is that the best way to maintain civil freedom is to permit licensed, open carry of firearms.
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It’s about time young men stopped being wimps and starting speaking up for themselves in the overly-feminized world of "higher" education. Mr. B. already has his struggles with girls who know full well they are the favored ones these days. And he’s only in third grade.
Via Instapundit.
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Fun to watch the freighters make their way through the Miraflores Locks of the engineering marvel.
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Consider St. Croix, where his daughter Bree got hitched, as described by my former editor Ed Crowell.
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"When I think of the people with serious physical or mental handicaps who nevertheless work, I find it hard to sympathize with able-bodied men who stand on the streets and beg. Nor can I sympathize with those who give them money that subsidizes a parasitic lifestyle which allows such men to be a constant nuisance, or even a danger, to others."
Thomas Sowell’s Random Thoughts.
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Except this is not a scene from the 1987 Wim Wenders’ movie (an old favorite of mine), but angel statues overlooking the rooftops of St. Petersburg, Russia, in a collection of extraordinary photos of the city.
Via The 8th Circle.
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"…there’s no telling how many motorists across the nation have had to pay for fuel pumps, or fuel systems, that ethanol damaged. Most were probably unaware of the real culprit behind the breakdown, because virtually no repair shop tests the level of ethanol in the gasoline when these fuel system problems occur."
Not even Lexus drivers are immune. Big Corn’s also worse than Big Oil when it comes to pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere–and guess who’s known that all along? Why Big Agriculture and Big Government, of course.
Via Slashdot.
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