Rodney King sends note to my readers (figuratively speaking)
Why can’t we all just get along? Those famous, admirable, and heartfelt words of a troubled and far from blameless Rodney King, the victim of a famous police beating in […]
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Defending Drew Brees and the police.
Context, people, context! There really was nothing wrong with Drew Brees’ full statement (June 3): The thought police blasting quarterback Drew Brees today should spike their own outrage. Brees is […]
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So-called conservatives acting badly: Three columns
If conservatism is (wrongly) conflated with strong-man tactics defending “order” ahead of most other considerations, then that sort of conservatism must be opposed — especially where it is dishonest. Herewith, […]
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Americans need a third candidate for president
[June 1] President Trump’s entirely counterproductive, even dangerous, response to the current nationwide unrest makes even more evident the desperate need for a third candidate of substance to enter the […]
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It’s time to end the Jefferson Davis holiday in Alabama
(June 4) A move is afoot to repeal the law establishing an Alabama state holiday in honor of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. Good. The holiday is woefully […]
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Editorial: Strongly against the riots
(Official editorial of the Washington Examiner, May 30) Civilization requires self-restraint. The terrible events in Minneapolis this week, at every juncture, have featured the polar opposite. It is past time […]
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The hideous performance of the Minnesota police
Three separate columns, beginning with this immediate-response piece which was one of the first op-eds published anywhere, after the Floyd incident occurred: Minnesota ‘death by cop’ was sickeningly inexcusable (May […]
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Violent riots must be forcefully stopped
Innocents must be protected. Period. (May 28) In a free society with ample, representative means to correct systemic errors, there is never an excuse for mob rule. The United States, […]
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Jeff Sessions starts fighting back
(May 26) Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is finally getting feisty in his battle to win back his old Senate seat from Alabama — and his feistiness is nothing […]
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Colleges should not fear lawsuits for re-opening
(May 28) From the day in March that massive reactions to the coronavirus began, two things should have been clear, both of which now come together in a new letter […]
