You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

David Harris noted concerning a former principal that he went “From celebrating someone’s murder to possessing some of the most vile material imaginable.” We have recently been noting that when someone is, in the immortal words of Colonel Batguano in Dr Strangelove,” a “deviated prevert” in one thing, there is a high probability that he …

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Jack O’Connor Would Have Loved the 6.5 Creedmoor

Jack O’Connor died in 1978, nearly 30 years before the 6.5 Creedmoor appeared, but judged by the standards he championed in The Hunting Rifle and decades of Outdoor Life writing, he probably would have loved it—even if it never displaced his beloved .270 Winchester. O’Connor valued accuracy, moderate recoil, flat-enough trajectory, high sectional density, efficient bullets, penetration, and above all the hunter’s ability to put a bullet precisely where it belonged. The Creedmoor checks virtually every box: a 140-grain 6.5mm bullet has excellent sectional density, modern high-BC bullets retain velocity remarkably well, recoil is lighter than the .270, and the cartridge is famously easy to shoot accurately. Where O’Connor would still favor the .270 is raw velocity and its flatter trajectory at ordinary hunting distances—especially important in his era, when hunters estimated range rather than pushing a button on a laser rangefinder. Ironically, O’Connor also admired cartridges such as the mild-mannered 7×57 Mauser and repeatedly argued that shot placement mattered more than horsepower. The funniest conclusion, then, is that the old-school hunters who dismiss the 6.5 Creedmoor as some newfangled fad might be surprised by their own patron saint: the Creedmoor is essentially an O’Connor hunting cartridge designed 30 years too late—accurate, efficient, mild to shoot, and powerful enough to kill what you’re hunting if you quit arguing about caliber and put the damned bullet where it belongs.

Washington Voters: Trump Endorsed Braun, Baumgartner For Congress

Trump endorsed Braun (R) to defeat two-term incumbent Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. He also endorsed one-term incumbent Michael Baumgartner (R) against challenger Carmela Conroy (D) to keep his seat in Washington’s 5th Congressional District.

Beyond The Sky

  Does the busy ant look up and see A giant man walk by? Could it understand a house or car or Airplane if it tried?   Does a fish in an aquarium Have questions it can ask? Or will it ever be unable To know the world beyond the glass?   You say, unlike …

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DIME Part III: Follow the Money

The generals get the history books, but the lawyers and comptrollers often decide what can actually happen. The same is true of nations. If people voting with their feet is one warning sign of decline, money may vote even earlier. Before the factories close and the scientists leave, watch where capital flows, where companies invest, what central banks buy, and what currencies nations choose to use. People need passports to leave. Money just needs a mouse click.

Accountability Starts at the Top – or It Doesn’t Start at All

It’s easy for a leader to demand results, establish standards, and point out where others have fallen short. It’s considerably harder to look in the mirror when something goes wrong and ask a much more uncomfortable question:

What part of this belongs to me?

That’s where leadership begins.

The Great “They Switched Sides!” Myth

I keep hearing this fairy tale about how the parties “switched” sometime in the 1960s. You know, the story where racist Democrats magically transformed into civil rights champions and Republicans secretly absorbed all that Jim Crow enthusiasm overnight like some political body swap horror movie. Fascinating theory. Absolutely captivating. Just one small problem: NONE OF IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

Trump’s plan for a presidential golf course

Ballroom, helicopter pad, a revamped Rose Garden. Trump will leave the presidency better than when he came in.

As his father lay dying in the family’s home in Palm Beach, President Kennedy visited the Old Man one final time. It was the last time the son would see the dad because 5 days later, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK.

One Firing Squad, Two Wars: The Second-Order Effects of Executing Nidal Hasan

Executing Nidal Hasan may finally deliver justice for Fort Hood—but wars are fought in the information domain too. An American firing squad executing a man who claimed he had “switched sides” and embraced jihad could become instant propaganda. The first-order effect is justice. The second- and third-order effects may be a story America doesn’t control.

Canada: A Cautionary Tale

It’s very sad to see what’s happened to Canada in the past several decades. What was once a nation of freedom, founded on Christian morals and values, has devolved into a tyrannical, secular humanist, cultural Marxist society, and as that’s happened, Canada has completely lost it’s moral compass, leaving citizens in a state of delusion, self-indulgence and sin.