News run-down… IL politics and more!

Folks, don't let the mainstream media beat you down with their incessant drumbeat to further their far left-wing, freedom-hating agenda. If they weren't relying on hysteria to further their failed cause, they wouldn't be "rushing" all of these proposals at us and trying to push them through overnight.   So,…

The Christmas Rifle

by Rian B. Anderson Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or for those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned…

Good guys with guns deter evil

by John Boch Why is it craven individuals dance in the blood of victims each time there is a horrific crime committed? It's not a liberal vs. conservative issue.  It's about decency. There's nothing decent in using the blood of small children to advance one's cause.  In fact, it's repugnant.…

The Heroine of Sandy Hook

(New York Daily News) - She took a bullet for her kids. Teacher Victoria Soto used her body to shield her students from the maniacal gunman who launched a massacre at a Connecticut school, relatives said Saturday. Soto paid for her bravery with her life. But in doing so, the…

Oathkeepers nail it: Fed gov is complicit.

Oathkeepers had this to say about the massacre in Connecticut.  Simply superlative. This shooting is yet another tragic example of the failed, grotesque insistence on helpless victim zones where any crazed gunman can be assured of a large number of disarmed, undefended, helpless victims, all crammed into one place, where…