Where Are All the Good Guys with Knives?

BY MARTIN KICH These are the opening paragraphs of an article published by New York magazine: “A 27-year-old man was slashed in the face early on Sunday morning after arguing with a woman he didn’t know in a Harlem subway station. The New York Post reports that the fight occurred around 3 a.m. on the southbound platform of…

It Is Illogical to Assert That Death Threats Do Not Have a Chilling Effect on Free Speech

Dear Ulf: I generally find your posts to be very amusing. But I think that you have missed not just the bullseye but the whole target in your most recent post. Regardless of how the writer of the piece may have slanted it, the core issue in this situation was that the speaker was scheduled,…

Common Sense about Guns on Campus, Addendum 1

This item has appeared on the website of KAIT in Jonesboro, Arkansas: “Arkansas State University is yet another institution to opt out of the new state gun law. The board of trustees met Thursday to discuss the proposal that would allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus under the law. “The University of…

The Simple Logic of Self-Defense

Guns on Campus, Discouraging News, Addendum 1 The cable news networks, like the newspapers long before them, have turned “tabloid” coverage of crimes and trials into a staple element of their programming. It may have started with the murder trial of O. J. Simpson, but, if the recent ratings for the coverage of the Jodi…

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Where Are All the Good Guys with Knives?

It Is Illogical to Assert That Death Threats Do Not Have a Chilling Effect on Free Speech

Common Sense about Guns on Campus, Addendum 1

The Simple Logic of Self-Defense