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Archive for April, 2007


More thoughts on the VT massacre

A Culture of Passivity (Mark Steyn)
“…I’d prefer to say that the default position is a terrible enervating passivity. Murderous misfit loners are mercifully rare. But this awful corrosive passivity is far more pervasive, and, unlike the psycho killer, is an existential threat to a functioning society.”
Wanted: A culture of self-defense (Michelle Malkin)

Gun Rights and Voting

Today I was researching concealed carry permit reciprocity across the various states, and while viewing a color-coded map showing where a concealed carry permit is honored from another state, two things struck me:
1. Imagine if we had to look at a map like that to find out where we could exercise our FIRST amendment rights.
2. [...]

Virginia Tech – Another failure of gun control laws.

Yesterday’s Virginia Tech massacre, where a single crazed student was able to kill over 30 of his peers in the span of two hours, is just one more example of the failure of gun control laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But will this event cause gun control proponents to rethink [...]

Global Hot Air: Why So Gloomy?

On Global Hot Air: Why So Gloomy?
“Recently many people have said that the earth is facing a crisis requiring urgent action. This statement has nothing to do with science. There is no compelling evidence that the warming trend we’ve seen will amount to anything close to catastrophe. What most commentators—and many scientists—seem to miss is [...]

Delphi 2007 for Win32 Workarounds

My recent post on Delphi 2007’s problems with the taskbar and task manager list shouldn’t simply “sit there” — my disappointment is all well and fine, but what if you have D2007 and you need to make do before a hotfix is released?
Dave Nottage, always a helpful poster in the Delphi newsgroups, has succinct workarounds.