After selling a gun to the Parkland shooter, Dick’s Sporting Goods ends sale of assault rifles

After selling a gun to the Parkland shooter, Dick’s Sporting Goods ends sale of assault rifles

Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, appeared on Good Morning America to announce the company would no longer sell assault rifles like the AR-15 or high-capacity ammunition clips. While companies like Delta and FedEx are hedging their positions, Dick’s statement demonstrates a clear stand on the issue. Such a statement comes with risks, but…

You can count on the Bill of Rights. Except when you can’t.

You can count on the Bill of Rights. Except when you can’t.

The Bill of Rights — the first and most important ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution — spell out our sacred and irrefutable rights in America: free speech, the right to bear arms, and so on. In the vast and powerful imagination of Americans, these rights are inviolable. In reality, every one of them is…

The hypocrisy of the gun-control sit-in in the House of Representatives
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The hypocrisy of the gun-control sit-in in the House of Representatives

When our blood is boiling, we love to cheer on our causes and shout down the opposition. Is this you? “Guns — bad! Gun control — good! U.S. House of Representatives staging a sit-in to get a vote — very good! Periscope streaming to C-SPAN — great!” But hang on a second — have you really…

The passive-aggressive furor of Antonin Scalia
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The passive-aggressive furor of Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court Justice who died Saturday, had a reputation as a fierce, incisive, and sarcastic defender of conservative values. Read his most famous opinions and arguments and you’ll find his rhetorical secret: passive voice statements that obscure the boogiemen he rails against. As my tribute to Justice Scalia, here are some quotes…