My home state of Illinois is apparently the last state that still does not provide any way for ordinary citizens to carry concealed weapons. But that may be about to end: In a 2-1 decision that is a major victory for the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said the state's ban on carrying a weapon in public is unconstitutional."We are … [Read more...] about The right to keep and bear arms may be coming to Illinois
Catch-22 in D.C. Police Encounters?
According to Jamison Koehler, the rule on police stops in D.C. just got trickier, and it now goes something like this:If you consent to a search or conversation with police, your consent waives your rights to object to what they find or figure out. Without your consent, the police need a specific reason to detain you. If you could legally walk away from an encounter … [Read more...] about Catch-22 in D.C. Police Encounters?
Windypundit On WordPress
This is it, the new Wordpress version of Windypundit. There are lots of tweaks and changes still to come, but I think I can go ahead and make the switch now and worry about the details later.Some of you may have noticed that Windypundit was off the air for a while. Yeah, well, it turns out the switchover didn't go quite the way I planned.About a week and a half ago, the … [Read more...] about Windypundit On WordPress
Thanks For All That Food
Just had a gigantic Thanksgiving dinner at some friends' house. Filled with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and ice cream. Feeling sleepy...trying to stay awake by doing stuff on the computer...not going...to...make...it... … [Read more...] about Thanks For All That Food
Moving to WordPress – Part 3: Blogroll
I've been blogging about the experience of moving Windypundit from Movable Type to Wordpress. In Part 1, I described the process I developed for moving over all the posts. In Part 2, I talked about the development of the new Windypundit site. The one thing I still had to do was to re-create the blogroll in Wordpress. I suppose I could figure out a way to port it over like I did … [Read more...] about Moving to WordPress – Part 3: Blogroll