Opinion

Thirty Round Magazines?
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September 14, 2012

Thirty round magazines if you’re stuck on the inside?

Yes, please. I’ll take all you’ve got.

Take Our Ball And Leave
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September 12, 2012

The knee jerk reaction that we should simply pull up stakes and leave is certainly understandable. And opponents who argue that doing so simply leaves a problem to fester and worsen such that, in a few years, there’s enough strength, organization and financial savvy to muster a future 9/11-type attack on the homeland, that argument also has merit. It did happen once, after all. It can certainly happen again.

Thief!
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August 17, 2012

This could not be more transparent, more pathetic, or more abusive: “White House studying potential oil reserve release”.

Curiosity Begins
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August 6, 2012

Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.

To their credit, notice the trigger fingers of these two officers. They’re doing it right. Bravo!

Family First
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July 23, 2012

If I had been sitting in that theater in Aurora, my first priority would’ve been to get my wife and family out of there.

On this day in 2012 with the horror of the shooting in a Denver suburb movie theater blanketing the news, I am newly reminded of the incredible and sometimes terrifying range of what it is that we call, human.

Shotgun, rifle, body armor and a dark theater versus a snub-nose 38?

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