Outrageous execution of a probably innocent man
(Sept. 24) Note: This column was to no avail. The state executed Marcellus Williams anyway after the Supreme Court refused to intervene. Since then, I did find out that the knife […]
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Hovering hurricane hellishness
(Aug. 16) MOBILE, Alabama — The dread, unspoken but real, starts growing along the Gulf Coast at this time of year. The dread isn’t helped when the first sentence of […]
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Lessons from Bunker Hill, for Memorial Day
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, May 27) This Memorial Day, let’s learn something from the first famous person who died in combat for the United States. Then, consider the non-famous ones […]
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A partial mea culpa from me to Garret Graves
(The Advocate/T-P, May 22) For more than four decades I have been a fierce critic of the standards, or lack thereof, that prevail in too many outlets for American journalism. […]
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NATO at 75: The best world alliance ever
(April 4) Belatedly I noticed that today is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, so I write more in haste (to not miss the […]
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Youngkin wisely vetoes marijuana bill in Virginia
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, April 2) Credit Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) not just for vetoing a bill last month that would have created a retail marijuana market but also for […]
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For Congress, Ohio should try the Heimlich maneuver
(March 13) With almost all candidates in contested Republican primaries nationwide frenetically trying to associate themselves with former President Donald Trump, one stands out for openly doing the opposite. In […]
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Court to Biden: Leave our dishwashers alone!
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, January 14) For all of President Joe Biden’s talk about wanting to “save democracy,” his administration keeps being dressed down in court for trying to evade […]
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Jimmy Buffett gave us all ‘a good life all the way’
(Sept. 2) MOBILE, AL. — Balladeer Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1 at age 76, grew up in this coastal Alabama town and then made his first living as a […]
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We must rediscover patriotism for the Semiquincentennial
(July 4) As of today, Independence Day , we as a nation have three years to get ourselves together. Three years from today, the United States will celebrate its semiquincentennial . (If you prefer […]
