Why? - A very bad guy is gone. We did it. Yes, we can. But was he a threat to us? Was his country? An imminent threat? Of what? Do they have nuclear weapons? How much of their capacity did we already destroy? Eliminating the nuclear threat? Regime change? I’ve been listening. I listened to the State […]
Book Review: A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715 to 1865 - From colonial times to the present, Americans have had a fascinating relationship with firearms. Across this timeline people’s perspectives on firearms have varied greatly depending on who possessed them and for what purpose those that had them used them. Adding to previous illuminating scholarship on this subject, but sharpening the focus by zooming in on […]
Both Sides Now: The Cons and Pros of ‘Operation Epic Fury’ - A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S. Senate committee. The old hand, who’d worked in the Capitol for years, reflected. “Here’s the thing, son,” he replied. “Things ain’t all on the level down here.” The point was reconfirmed last week, after […]
News From Around the South, 2/23 to 3/1 - VIRGINIA: Virginia just took a big step toward confronting climate change I’m excited to share that Virginia just took a huge step toward rejoining a climate program that has cut carbon emissions across the Commonwealth and the country. Late Friday, newly elected Governor Abigail Spanberger signed the state’s “caboose” budget, which lays out the exact steps we must take to get back into the […]
The Price of Perfect Nihilism - When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the Constitution perceived it as truly criminal and […]
