New Orleans Everyone but the President seems to understand that Charlottesville was an unmitigated disaster. In the wake of the violence and its deadly impact, cities, north and south, have been reinvigorated into taking quick action to remove divisive Confederate monuments in order not to offer platforms or excuses for future Charlottesvilles. One focus has …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Is There No Line The President Won’t Cross?
New Orleans This is not a schoolyard fight. This is not a street corner yelling match. These are statements from the President of the United States who is expected to set a moral and political course for the country and its people. To equivocate, retract, and then double down in his support of violence, racism, …
Guns Have No Place at a Protests
New Orleans Let’s spend a minute looking for some silver lining in the dark clouds that have arisen from the horror of Charlottesville before moving to the harder questions. Cities have sprung into action in Nashville, Jacksonville (Florida), Annapolis (Maryland), and Lexington (Kentucky) to move forward on removing controversial Confederate statuary. In Durham, North Carolina, …