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According to press reports, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is relying on Matthew Scully (among others) to craft tonight’s speech to the GOP convention. Scully is a talented writer but would never be accused of libertarian tendencies. Here is a 1999 review he wrote on Freedom in Chains for National Review. Don’t worry about […]

Talk show mastermind Brian Wilson and I discussed the 20th anniversary of Ruby Ridge on WSPD this afternoon. Unfortunately, former FBI director Louis Freeh was not available to join us for the show. (He has a previous engagement flacking for the Iranian terrorist group MEK.) You can listen or download the 20 minute MP3 by […]

  But as long as people are permitted to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” as they go over the cliff, they are still free. Another Non Sequitor masterpiece from Wiley…

Today is the 20th anniversary of the killing of Vicki Weaver. Following is an article I wrote on this back in 1995, followed by the response from FBI director Louis Freeh, which claimed that I “grossly mischaracterized” the details of Vicki Weaver’s killing. I wonder how much controversy such a killing would excite nowadays. It […]

Today is the 20th anniversary of the firefight between U.S. marshals and Kevin Harris and Sammy Weaver. Three and a half years after the feds launched an ambush on Ruby Ridge, the U.S. Marshals Service gave its highest valor award to the five surviving marshals from that fracas. Following are a couple pieces I wrote […]

This is the 48th anniverary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Here’s a link to the front-page New York Times story on that day’s sham. This is a day that should live in infamy and remind Americans of how neither its political leaders or its elite press can be blindly trusted. Following is an article […]