by James Heflin | Mar 26, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
In contrast to the last post, here’s the story of a teenager sneaking into the neighbor’s house by accident instead of his own and getting shot as an intruder. How this story gets interpreted is something, I’ll maintain, that’s likely to vary...
by James Heflin | Jan 18, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
More stories like this one would be in the newspaper if guns were harder to get. I expect the usual arguments imagining a victim shooting an attacker. But any, or even all, of these people might be dead if attacker or the adult victim had a gun; no guarantees...
by James Heflin | Mar 29, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I love the name “Prince Rupert’s Drop.” And the object itself? Spectacular. Go, science! The world is weirder than you suspect sometimes.
by James Heflin | Aug 20, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Of the many blowhards masquerading as media figures, few are so frustrating in their pompousness, air of reason, and sheer insanity as Thomas Friedman. Glenn Greenwald today uses the occasion of a singularly spectacular Friedman statement to go after said insanity,...
by James Heflin | Apr 1, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I hate it when my fellow Southerners make the stereotypes stick: Building managers and legislative staffers have sought to reassure some concerned Tennessee lawmakers that recent renovations at the state Capitol did not install special facilities for Muslims to wash...
