Tom Toles: June 27, 2010 - July 3, 2010

Sign language

By Tom Toles  | July 3, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
Categories:  DC, Education  
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Letters of the law

*** Friday rant, guns and poses edition We could argue all day about the Second Amendment, as commenters did here on Wednesday. Takeaway: same as ever, the amendment can be interpreted different ways, and it is and always has...

By Tom Toles  | July 2, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (27)
Categories:  Guns  
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Not the cone of silence

*** Loose lips Not enough exercise. That's what got us where we are. I mean mentally. I think one of the problems with our public discourse now is that everybody's brain is out of shape. The consumer culture became...

By Tom Toles  | July 1, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (12)
 
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Roadkill

*** Gun rights A friend has argued that there should be no congressional hearings for Supreme Court nominees because they serve no actual purpose. I would answer that they offer the public a great civics lesson in the propensity...

By Tom Toles  | June 30, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (36)
Categories:  Guns, Supreme Court  
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Beanball

*** The glue that binds Hard to argue with a wedding. A tokamak donut of love surrounded by all manner of supporting family and friends. I was a guest at one over the weekend at an old inn in...

By Tom Toles  | June 29, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
Categories:  Supreme Court  
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Metro's track record

*** Monday rant, too little, too late I strode about on Friday weeping and rending my long flowing burlap garments, allowing racy glimpses of my Gandhi-style loincloth, when I should have been engaged in a proper Friday rant. Well,...

By Tom Toles  | June 28, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
Categories:  DC, Metro  
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Rolling stone

By Tom Toles  | June 27, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
Categories:  Afghanistan, National Security  
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