Debunking Moore

By Dave Kopel October 21, 2004

A new college student activist website, Must Have Info, promotes campus screenings of the movie “Farenhype 9/11,” which debunks the lies in “Farenheit 9/11.” Among the people appearing in the “Farenhype” are Ed ...

For Your Viewing

By Dave Kopel October 16, 2004

A new 14-minute film, now available for web viewing, uses Michael Moore’s film-making techniques to examine The War of the Ring: “Michael Moore’s searing examination of the Aragorn administration’s actions in ...

Ak-47

By Dave Kopel October 14, 2004

Ramesh is wrong but that doesn’t mean he should apologize. The AK-47 (an automatic rifle) is not and never has been illegal; but it is very severely regulated by the National ...

Marrying Up

By Dave Kopel October 14, 2004

With all due respect to my esteemed webmistress KJL, Kerry’s “marrying up” line was a disaster. For the voters who are deciding on character rather than issues (many of the undecided ...

Alternative Reading

By Dave Kopel October 10, 2004

The new issue of Liberty magazine includes a detailed analysis of Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Bandarik’s swing through Colorado, by Colorado writer Ari Armstrong. Armstrong discusses candidate Bandarik’s disturbing ...

Fyi

By Dave Kopel October 9, 2004

My latest media column examines the draft hoax. Along the way, I point to good work by Beldar Blog, INDC Journal, Snopes.com, and two anti-draft websites with intellectual integrity. And I ...

Politics & Policy

The Torch of Freedom

By Dave Kopel October 7, 2004

Thanks to Senator John Kerry, there has been a lot of talk recently about the proper response to Pearl Harbor. He claims that “invading Iraq in response to 9/11 would ...

My Focus Group

By Dave Kopel October 6, 2004

I watched the VP debate with a Boulder, Colorado, focus group, consisting of my relatives and neighbors. Except for me, none of them was considering voting for Bush. Some were ...

Politics & Policy

Bait-‘N’-Switch

By Dave Kopel September 13, 2004

At midnight tonight, the federal ban on so-called “assault weapons” expires. As a constitutional moment, the expiration is as significant for the Second Amendment as the March 3, 1801, expiration ...

Re Kerry’s Gun

By Dave Kopel September 7, 2004

S. 1431, co-sponsored by Sen. John Kerry, says that an “assault weapon” is any semi-automatic rifle or shotgun with a “pistol grip.” According to the bill, “(42) PISTOL GRIP- The ...