by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2022 | Guns
At its best virtue signalling only wastes time, prioritizing guilt reduction over crime reduction. At its worst it squanders limited resources that could have been used to enact real solutions. Few have applied reason and evidence to the gun controversy better than...
by Henry Oliner | May 29, 2022 | Guns
The Uvalde shooting of young school children is heart wrenching and tragic. We are left with despair and outrage, and while these are normal reactions they are a poor basis for public policy and effective solutions. The George Floyd murder soon after the Arbury...
by Henry Oliner | May 28, 2022 | Guns
Another tragedy and another proliferation of desperation and outrage. Unfortunately, desperation and outrage are rarely grounds for effective solutions, and may be as likely be counterproductive. The Brady Bill of 1993 meant to restrict and delay access only led to...
by Henry Oliner | May 4, 2022 | Media, Politics, Progressivism
Jason Riley writes in The Wall Street Journal, Was a Judicial Nominee Prejudiced in Her ‘Role as an Advocate’? Nusrat Choudhury claimed police kill unarmed black men in America ‘every day.’ That’s nowhere near true. Shelby Steele calls them “poetic truths.” They are...
