War and Morality

War and Morality

War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting...
War and Morality

Trump’s War Psychology

Two weeks after the start of the Iran War, the picture is coming into focus. Why would a president who promised countless times not to start new wars have leapt into this conflict? As always in the age of Trump, it’s necessary to separate the president’s...
News Around the South, 3/16 to 3/23

News Around the South, 3/16 to 3/23

NORTH CAROLINA: Low-income renters in North Carolina far outnumber affordable housing units  There are only 38 affordable and available rental homes — three fewer than last year— for every 100 of North Carolina’s 350,000 extremely low-income households, according to a...
War and Morality

Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee

Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street...