MAGA’s Moral Problem - The rush to exonerate Trump from the implications of the Epstein birthday book message reveals a contradiction at the heart of MAGA. In the immediate aftermath of the Wall Street Journal July scoop about the smarmy message Trump included in the book of friendly tributes assembled in 2003 for Jeffrey Epstein’s fiftieth birthday, Vice President […]
News From Around the South, 9/8 to 9/15 - GEORGIA — National civil rights museum expanding. Unlike Smithsonian, Trump has no immediate sway over its content A popular museum in Atlanta is expanding at a critical moment in the United States — and unlike the Smithsonian Institution, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is privately funded, putting it beyond the immediate reach […]
Taking the Constitution Seriously - Last week, the President of the United States did not take the Constitution seriously. He ordered the murders of 11 people who were riding in a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea around 1,300 miles from the U.S. Afterward he said he did so because he believed that they were members of a “narco-terrorist gang” and […]
Centuries-old bridge that linked Charleston to N.C. will close for repairs until spring - The bridge was part of a $1 million project to create commerce routes to the Charleston port After 205 years, Poinsett Bridge in South Carolina’s Upstate is getting a facelift. The historic bridge, once part of State Road extending from Charleston to North Carolina, will close between Sept. 29 and March 31 as preservationists repair […]
Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Have Lost Touch With Roosevelt, Johnson and Truman - SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is that its platform didn’t appeal to them. I was not surprised to see that same sentiment captured in a poll by The Wall Street Journal around the same time. It […]
