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Review: A Failure of Civility

I read author Matt Bracken’s review of Garand and Lawson’s A Failure of Civility a month ago and he makes a pretty strong case for buying the book: “A Failure of Civility” grabbed my attention on the first page. It begins, “A few notes to our readers…. Consider reading this book as if the authors [...]

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Contact from a Doomsday Prepper

My latest review of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers posted over the weekend at PJMedia, and this time is a “twofer” since my DVR betrayed me and didn’t tape week 14. I did weeks 14 and 15 together. What has been pretty interesting about the last couple of weeks is that I now know that some [...]

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Preppers, Pissants, and Police

I had a busy day at PJ Media yesterday, posting a pair of articles I hope you might find interesting. First up is my review of this week’s episode of National Geographic Doomsday Preppers. It’s not established enough to call it a column, nor me a television critic, but I’m enjoying critiquing the show, despite [...]

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Doomsday Preppers: the child abuse episode

I’m all for teaching youngsters how to use firearms safely, but when you train your six-year-old and twelve-year-old for combat, child protective services should be keeping you under very close watch.

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Doomsday Preppers, Season 2 Episode 2 Review

Finally found someone on the show that was sane. Also discovered that the most prepared preppers on the show this season are the lizard-breeding, adult-toy-selling kind. No, really.

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