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You do know what a maelstrom is, right? Jem is a human maelstrom.

Probably the most interesting aspects of Republican primary season are the extents to which the candidates can delude themselves.

OTOH, if he'd felt threatened by the attacker, he could have shot him under the SYG law (Florida, remember). Of course, this would also involve a black guy shooting a white guy, so he probably would have been tried, convicted, and executed. Being Florida and all. You know how it is.

So how many of these people can you cram into a clown car?

Yes. If you have a CCW, you must keep it concealed. You cannot draw it. Some Super Glue will help in case you forget.

"The imbalance of far more women than men at colleges has been a factor in the various sex scandals that have made news in the last couple of years. So, what's the solution? One solution might be to impose the duty on admissions officers to arbitrarily admit only half women and half men." —...

A simple errand turned violent for Clarence Daniels this week when he went to Walmart for some coffee creamer and wound up in a chokehold. Upon arriving at the Walmart in Florida’s Hillsborough County on Tuesday, the 62-year-old Daniels, who is black, grabbed his handgun from his car and...

Late Wednesday night, Republican Congressional leaders announced that they would be dropping the planned vote for today on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which, if implemented, would have instilled a nationwide ban on all abortions after week 20 of a pregnancy. The Washington...

Or Bill Gates. Remember Netscape?

And this is pretty much what I do still. Look at the weekly, the daily, the hourly, etc. Most, apparently, don't, since so many of the posts I read have to do with people trading the wrong side. I really don't get that. But then so many people do this for fun, and I really don't get that, either.

Waiting for the best opportunities to arise is exactly what you should be doing. The trick is to determine what the best opportunities are. The failure at 0930, for example, would seem to some to be a best opportunity. Others might view it as a trick, and would be afraid to short it lest whoever...

As to the numbers, it's worth knowing who was in combat and who was a file clerk back home. In any case, it's not just character. When kids were drafted, along with the risks they learned how to read, they learned new skills (many of them marketable), they became fit, learned self-discipline...

And they wonder why I'm not eager to share the details of my life in the military. A Ranger friend decided to work with emotionally-disturbed children after he retired. I suppose the GI Joes down here would consider him to be a pussy.

States can direct the federal government to spend collected taxes as the states see fit? Good to know.

Your first post, I see. Well, as Gringo says, it depends on one's choice. Or choices. Since we are as you point out in the middle, there are and have been a lot of dramatic moves back and forth, often ending up where they started. These won't go on forever, but they can go on for quite a while...

And those who have served will understand this. Whereas those who haven't most likely won't, e.g., lawmakers.

People are going to have opinions no matter what. However, the weight or value of an opinion given by someone who was in that situation, such as Ross Caputi, is greater than someone who's simply babbling dogma, just as the opinion, for example, regarding right-to-die of someone who's watched a...

True. But you do have a different perspective than the armchair soldier. I have no trouble understanding either Bales or Calley. But there's so much more to it than the actions themselves.

And why would I bother to discuss it with people like you? The question is not about expertise but about experience. Those who have none will have different opinions than those who do. Which is why those with military experience who evaluate the whole Kyle situation have far greater currency...

It's not a question of oneupsmanship. It's a matter of those whose opinions are based on actual service rather than on what they've seen on FoxNews, or the movies. Posting a picture of somebody with a rainbow flag doesn't change any of that.