Hi there. My name's Joel, and I'll be your occasional Second Amendment issues blogger here. This particular essay is posted both at True North and at Windypundit, the latter of which is set up to handle comments. Why a Minnesota radical moderate is posting a blog entry about conservatives and liberals on a Chicago area blog is one of those little mysteries of life, kinda … [Read more...] about Conservatives, Carry Permits, and Secular Liberal Evangelism
Happy Birthday, Ginny.
Today is Virginia Heinlein's birthday. That's her, with her husband. You may have heard of him. If the world was a fairer place, Mrs. Heinlein would be 93, today, and in good health. A very nice woman. Which reminds me of a story. So, there I was, pounding away at the keyboard, when the phone rang. It was my daughter Judy's science teacher. … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday, Ginny.
A Teaching Moment, at a Public High School
. . . which this reminded me of. It was about seven in the evening, the end of a nice spring day, and my older kid, then a junior at Washburn High in Minneapolis (a school so badly run that they had to fire all the staff, including some of the best teachers, and start over, but I digress...) hadn't returned home. Not a big deal; she often went over to a friend's … [Read more...] about A Teaching Moment, at a Public High School
The Thunderwear Story
Life does drift, and the discussion over at SJ that Mark links to led to a digression into tactical pens, tactical pants, tactical shirts, and tactical underwear. (For those of you who have never tried to pronounce the phrase, "tactical pants," please do try it; it's almost impossible to say without giggling.)Which reminds me of a story.But I gotta back up for a … [Read more...] about The Thunderwear Story
The Amherst Stabbing Case
Well, I'm lazy, and don't want to replow the ground that others have already plowed; I'm more inclined to do a little freelance gleaning at the corners. And since somebody asked, and I was writing on it anyway . . . So let's start here, with the reporting on how Jason Vassell stabbed Bowes and Bosse. Sounds pretty simple, no? Well, no. Quick jump … [Read more...] about The Amherst Stabbing Case