Movie Review: Fury
Fury is both the name of the movie and an M4 Sherman tank that’s home to a dysfunctional family of US Army soldiers. To set the stage, it’s April of ... Read more
Movie Review: The November Man
Viewers and readers who can’t remember the Cold War will find it difficult to identify with that troubled yet exciting time. Without getting all misty-eyed with nostalgia, it must be ... Read more
The Ferguson Shooting Case – What’s Next?
Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly and sometimes they race around in circles like they’re competing for the Porsche Cup. In the Ferguson case, the latter seems to be ... Read more
Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Call it Gorillas in the Mist – With Machine Guns! Yes, from the giant Xerox copier known as Hollywood comes Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the latest installment ... Read more
Pistols and Pacemakers — Why I Won’t Buy a New Gun in Its First Year
By Ralph It takes time to get the bugs out of a new product. This is true in the world of guns, cars, computer software, and any complicated consumer ... Read more
Gun Review: .50 Beowulf Overmatch Upper
The .50 Beowulf is a proprietary cartridge designed by Bill Alexander, the chef de la maison of the eponymous Alexander Arms. As a big, powerful but slow, short- to medium-distance ... Read more
Ralph: There are Three Kinds of Gun Control Advocates
Hoplophobes are afraid of guns as if firearms had a mind of their own. Hoplophobes are ignorant and we’d like to teach them, but they (mostly) do not want to ... Read more
Zimmerman Trial Roundup: Winners and Losers
The Zimmerman trial wasn’t a game or a sporting event, but there were definite winners and losers nonetheless. As JFK said after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, “Victory has a ... Read more
Movie Review: White House Down
Schlockmeister extraordinaire Roland Emmerich has gone and done it again. In White House Down, Emmerich blows up Washington, D.C., for the second time in his directing career. This time, ... Read more
