A Trumpian Headache - President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The Constitution’s guarantee of due process requires it for every person, not just Americans. […]
Fallen Confederate Statues Take Center Stage in the Year’s Boldest Show - “Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed in the last decade. A centaur is an uncanny thing, part-man, part-horse, that lives in a cave but trots through the city. In classical Athens — at the Parthenon, say — you often saw centaurs […]
Peace Isn’t A Deal - House Speaker Mike Johnson, a quick study in the art of laying it on thick, announced that he was teaming up with Israel’s Knesset speaker to invite parliamentary leaders from around the world to jointly nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize — and for nothing less than inaugurating “a new golden age.” Though refraining […]
News From Around the South, 10/13 to 10/20 - SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Revolutionary War legacy comes to life through interactive exhibits COLUMBIA, S.C. – SC 250, a statewide organization commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, is bringing an immersive historical experience to all 46 South Carolina counties. The interactive exhibits go far beyond traditional battlefield narratives to showcase the complex reality of […]
A Constitution of No Authority - What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress’s 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress’s authority over nearly every aspect of human life? What if Congress bribes the states with […]
