Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 80

GUNS SAVE LIVES: VALIDATION FROM CDC

The gun prohibitionists would have the world believe that successful cases of self-defense with firearms are rare anomalies, far outbalanced by the evil done by criminals with guns in hand. Au cntraire. No less a source than the Center for … Read more

A WEEK OF SAD GOOD-BYES

We lost two great American role models this week.  They were different from one another in many ways, but each gave us ethical examples to live up to. I met Barbara Bush 30 years ago. I lived in New Hampshire, … Read more

TYING UP A LOOSE END

I’ve been reminded that I left a loose thread hanging last month, when I wrote about the Rangemaster Tactical  Conference hosted by Tom Givens and his extraordinary team in Little Rock. I had mentioned the Polite Society Match, a defense-oriented … Read more

FINDING LOST BULLET HOLES

In 1912 at the Olympics in Stockholm, George Patton, Jr. competed in the first modern Pentathlon.  It is said he was cheated of his victory when, in the pistol competition, the scorers couldn’t find one shot and presumed it a … Read more

TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Woo-hoo!  My blog is a decade old today.  The first entry is here, from 4/8/08. It’s been a fun ride for the most part, the rare, occasional troll notwithstanding. The few crackpots I’ve had to ban (commentary here is moderated) … Read more

THE GUNS OF OUR ANCESTORS

It’s April 4, my father’s birthday.  He was born in 1900 in Boston, and would have been 118 today. He was the man who taught me gun safety and a whole lot more, and set me on the path that … Read more

WHEN EASTER AND APRIL FOOL’S DAY COINCIDE…

…ya just can’t ignore such a confluence of socially significant dates. Which left me asking myself, how the heck do I craft a blog entry that combines the two? And then my old friend Bill Wilson came to my rescue, … Read more

A VOICE OF REASON

It will take you less than ten minutes to see and hear a wise leader use logic to overcome smug self-righteousness: Or watch the video here: http://www.kentuckynewera.com/multime... . Thanks to friend and blog reader Vern Kes for the link. And … Read more

REFRESHING…

Worth its sub-five-minute look and listen: Or watch here: http://neveryetmelted.com/2018/03/24/... … Read more

MEANWHILE, AT ILEETA…

Apologies for the slow blogging this week, folks. The Evil Princess and I drove out of Little Rock Sunday afternoon from the Rangemaster Tactical Conference to St. Louis, where on Monday I once again chaired ILEETA’s Panel of Experts on … Read more