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 News sources everywhere are telling us of a shooting earlier today in Minneapolis. School children were attending a Mass at their local par...

 I see that the DNC started their summer camp with a land acknowledgement.  Those seem to be in fashion these days among some quarters, so I...

 It seems that the big news this morning is that some football player is engaged to marry some pop star.  Woo Hoo!  We're all supposed t...

 Four days ago, Smitty's Supply in Roseland, LA blew up.  Smitty's is an oil and lubricants supplier on the Tangipahoa river in Loui...

 Let's talk about this.  Fried chicken is a Southern staple, especially on Sundays.  Fried chicken has the bone in it. Go to KFC or Pope...

 I see that Cracker Barrel is going through a rebrand.  The internet is going crazy, which is to say that it is just another day on the inte...

 Dropping a handgun is bad juju. We all remember the old Colt SAA, where if you loaded all six chambers, the gun was demonstrably unsafe bec...

 Back in the early 90s, the Louisiana State Police bought a bunch of SIG handguns, and used them for a year before finish problems became an...

 Fried bologna is probably one of the most Southern recipes I know.  Simply put a slice of bologna in a lightly oiled skillet and fry it unt...

 A quick check of the National Hurricane Center map this morning shows that the tropics are becoming more dynamic. Nothing to get too excite...

 I see that Hillary has come out of her cave, consulted with Beelzebub and offered her wisdom on the current political climate.  Seriously. ...

 We've been getting them this week.  Every day this week. Sometimes between 3:00 and dark, the bottom falls out.  Lots of thunder and wi...

 We look at teen violence and try to ascribe root causes to try to rationalize behavior.  Most of that rationalization is bullshit. I watche...

 Each year, US News and World Report lists the 25 most dangerous cities in the United States. President Trump made news this week when he an...

 The Atlantic hurricane season is cranking up, and we're already up to the Es in named storms.  Here comes Erin. It is too early to know...

 I hear that President Trump is going to roll back some of the more onerous of the Obama-era fuel emission standards.  It's about time. ...

 I'm hearing rumblings that President Trump is going to let DoD partner with CBP and the FBI and other agencies to target the Mexican ca...

It's August now, and history tells us that the tropics are going to tart getting frisky.   Some of the notable August hurricanes that I ...

 Like much of America, I was mildly amused over the past couple of weeks about the faux outrage over an attractive female selling jeans. Ima...

 I spent an hour today with the gun cabinet open, taking out old friends and new acquaintances. My old Winchester 94 was dry as a bone.  It ...