The Murdering Mother - Lindsay Clancy deserves to spend her life in prison. She strangled her three children, one after another. She knew what she was doing and knew it was wrong. She did it anyway. She is a murderer and should be treated as one. Of course she was mentally ill. So what? Many — maybe most — […]
News From Around the South, 9/7 to 9/14 - VIRGINIA: Divorce becomes next battleground as Virginia, other states debate family values Cerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him. Virginia state law required couples with children, like the Fairfaxes, to wait a year before […]
When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning - A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the […]
250 years of US independence: How France helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War - On July 4, 1776, 13 British colonies in North America broke with the British Crown and declared their independence, in a momentous act of rebellion that would change the course of history. As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, FRANCE 24 looks back at France’s decisive – and often overlooked – role in the American Revolution. More than a year after the Declaration […]
The Truth about the Forever War - It has been more than six months since President Donald Trump — without the authorization of Congress — declared war on Iran. It is turning into one of those forever wars that candidate Trump so vigorously denounced. Now he has enmeshed us in such a war, costing billions, lives and our credibility in the world. […]
