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Reason Writers Around Town: Matt Welch Talks Guns, Obamacons, and John McCain with Megan McArdle

Reason Staff | 6.30.2008 12:00 PM

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Over at Bloggingheads.tv, Editor in Chief Matt Welch discusses gun rights, street crime, American insecurity, and much more with The Atlantic's Megan McArdle. Click on the image below to watch.

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  1. Bingo   17 years ago

    Kinda toothy but shes not too bad.

  2. Colin   17 years ago

    Wouldn't've made more sense to debate someone who disagreed with Heller?

  3. Shem   17 years ago

    Wow, one post to degenerate into a discussion of a female pundit's looks rather than her points. That has to be some kind of record.

  4. David Weigel   17 years ago

    one post to degenerate into a discussion of a female pundit's looks rather than her points. That has to be some kind of record.

    I'm sure it's not. It took six minutes.

  5. SugarFree   17 years ago

    Ms. McArdle got a fairly pissy reaction out of the feminist blogosphere for being pro-gun rights.

    She has not been properly assimilated, apparently.

  6. Nigel Watt   17 years ago

    SugarFree, your link is to this post.

  7. Guy Montag   17 years ago

    Kinda toothy but shes not too bad.

    Please, Lord, let her have welding skills too?

  8. ed   17 years ago

    Wasn't she the original Annie?

  9. SugarFree   17 years ago

    Nigel,

    Thanks.

    Link

  10. Mr. X   17 years ago

    That link is bad too.

  11. SugarFree   17 years ago

    Mr. X,

    Link is good, but now the site is down. I officially give up.

  12. SugarFree   17 years ago

    Anti-McArdle links. (Personally, I think she should go with MC Ardle, the kids eat that shit up and she already has on a head-set.)

    feministe

    American Prospect

    (Wouldn't American Prospector be more interesting? "Check Out 2008 Hottest Shovels!" 15 Signs That Your Mule Is Cheating On You!")

  13. P Brooks   17 years ago

    Granted, correlation does not imply causation. But it's a lot easier for a violent, abusive, anger-prone man (or woman) to kill his partner with a gun than without one.

    In today's news: Australian man kills wife, two grandchildren, with axe.

    I'm going to go 'way out on a limb and say they might have preferred it if there had been a gun in the house.

  14. Orange Line Special   17 years ago

    If you just want to see the right side, here it is:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=-yk73AeREsI

    P.S. I'm not being critical, I'm just doing this.

  15. sage   17 years ago

    Why is there a woman's name above the picture of Anthony Kiedis?

  16. DannyK   17 years ago

    Is Megan McArdle really video-blogging from inside a giant artificial womb? It's disturbing.

    I like McMegan's anecdotes about being a really tall woman, but I've given up reading her blog. Her "because-I-said-so" style of argumentation, combined with her frequent economic blunders and her "I'm not an economist!" defense were just too aggravating to put up with.

    Seriously, there are way better libertarian bloggers out there, why did the Atlantic pick her up?

  17. SIV   17 years ago


    Seriously, there are way better libertarian bloggers out there, why did the Atlantic pick her up?

    Because she isn't a libertarian. Kinda hot though.

  18. John C Jackson   17 years ago

    Welch looks like a guy that's on Red Eye- not a reason staffer but a supposed comedian.

  19. John C Jackson   17 years ago

    Shoot, that;;s not who he reminds me of.

    I took my kids to the circus. The whole time there is some dude with blonde hair who runs around chasing this chick. That's who he looks like in this still.

    He's a cross between that circus dude and the comedian.

  20. DannyK   17 years ago

    I'll admit -- I haven't watched it yet. It's much more fun to look at the pictures and make up my own dialog.

    Matt: "The real issue here is that you still won't go to dinner with me."
    Megan: "Ladder theory, Matt. Google it."

  21. Matt Welch   17 years ago

    DannyK -- If you'd listened you would have heard a story about a certain dinner we had together at 3 am.....

  22. Joshua corning   17 years ago

    Sooooo....

    When is Reason going to ninja her away from the Atlantic?

  23. Douglas Fletcher   17 years ago

    Why are these people trying to look like they work for Houston Mission Control?

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