“DEA agents chasing the supply found themselves at factories in China and India, pondering a new reality. The game was no longer about cocaine. The organizations were breeding something more lasting: entrepreneurs.”
~ Ben Wallace-Wells, Mother Jones Magazine Continue reading
“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” ~ George Mason
Rather than keep the reader guessing until the end, I’ll answer the question that heads this essay right now, before I go any further. Absolutely, positively, without question, without qualification, the answer is, “Yes!” If you don’t need further convincing or want to get back to an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” please consider yourself excused. (It is, easily, one of the funniest shows on all of TV. I understand completely.) Continue reading
When Mohandas Gandhi can be cited as favoring an armed citizenry, one might suppose the issue should be closed, once and for all, but of course, it’s probably not. This essay is my attempt to put another log on that fire. Continue reading