George Zimmerman, a volunteer watchman whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin led to protests, was pulled over by police in Texas on Sunday for speeding, officials said on Wednesday. Zimmerman told the officer that he had a weapon in his glove compartment and was going “nowhere in particular,” said […] Continue reading → 
A little less rhetoric and a little more reflection might make the national conversation about race more productive. The conversation regarding race followed this month’s decision by a Florida jury to acquit George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin — and it is continuing. In watching the media coverage of the responses, it might […] Continue reading → 
Bob Barr: The legal concept of standing one’s ground against deadly force has been a part of American culture since our founding as a nation; and has been an explicit component of our country’s law for more than 100 years. An individual’s right to possess a firearm to defend one’s self is guaranteed unequivocally in […] Continue reading → 
Sally Zelikovsky When I awoke this morning and looked at myself in the mirror, I realized that I had undergone a fundamental transformation — a Kafkaesque metamorphosis. I was no longer myself. I had become…a racist. I didn’t do it to myself. I’ve always been sensitive to race. I don’t support racism or racists. I’ve […] Continue reading → 
Fifty years from now (assuming we haven’t suffered a Greek-style fiscal collapse), will we still enjoy our constitutional freedom of private gun ownership? Sometimes I’m pessimistic about what will happen because politically correct educators are brainwashing our kids. We’ve even gotten to the point where a deaf kid can’t use sign language if his fingers somehow resemble […] Continue reading →