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  • Struggling to Understand the Fort Hood Shootings
    As coverage unfolds, journalists and pundits are using Twitter to debate and theorize on the violence. Much of the discussion centers on media coverage, which many criticize as overly speculative, and on the shooter, Army Major Malik Nadal Hassan.
    When I first heard about this and everybody thought there was more than one shooter, I tweeted, “Anybody want to bet their names will be Achmed or Mohammed?” I wasn’t far off.
  • Suspected shooter got poor evaluation
    Federal law enforcement officials say the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

  • Michele Bachmann’s House Call
    There should not be organizations that do nothing but babysit the government. We shouldn’t even have to say things like “Spending a trillion dollars is a bad idea”… you’d think that would be common sense. Obviously that is not the case.
  • Libertarian: What’s in a Label?
    Sometimes the libertarian label seems like a liability for people who are both (1) serious about substantially reducing the scope of government, and (2) actually are in a position to have enough influence to do so.
  • Protesters of Health Care Reform Chant ‘Kill the Bill’
    Thousands of opponents of the Democrats’ health care legislation are gathered outside the Capitol, for a noon news conference and rally led by Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, and the chants are already underway, echoing across the Mall.
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