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Heller Succeeds: Part 1

Dick Heller, of DC v. Heller fame, finally got a gun permit today.  Unfortunately, that’s only part of the story. The District is treating semi-automatic handguns as “machine guns”.  So, the registration he succeeded at acquiring only allows him to...

Problems With Feeds

It appears that my rss feeds and daily subscription email deliveries have been down for the last day or so.  As best I can tell, my Friday posting was the main culprit.  I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.  If you’ve missed the the articles titled...

What Does It Mean To Suffer?

What is Suffering? The most traumatic place I’ve yet visited on this Earth is Auschwitz-Birkenau.  I was there with some friends in 2005. I know I’ve talked about it before.  The awful things that were done to people during that war.  The humiliation.  The...

Doing My Part

Last week I started taking my bicycle to work. It’s about 7.5 miles as the crow flies, and my shortest (and most difficult) route is about 8.5 miles… the longest (and easiest) route is 13 miles.  Downtown Des Moines is at a slightly lower elevation than...

Jim Leach Shows His True Colors

30 years Jim Leach represented Iowa’s 1st/2nd US House District in Congress.  Considered a “moderate” Republican, this week he helps us see that he was really a liberal Republican. Now we find out. So the current Director of Harvard University...
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