Marble Falls There is so many things in the news that can grab your attention these days, that if you’re not careful, you can be caught in the maelstrom unwittingly. I apologize for being the answer to the Stones’ song when they asked “who cares about yesterday’s news,” but I find myself still …
Category: Politics
Is Vengeance Legal?
New Orleans The current table thumping by President Trump, Vice-President Vance, and Attorney-General Bondi, seems largely to be a cry that “vengeance is mine” without rhyme, reason, or restraint. It’s hard to tell if this is grief and sorrow over the Kirk assassination being converted into words or a cover for previous plans …
Toxic Brew: Guns, Social Media, and Rhetoric
Brussels Gunshots bring only bad news in America. This time a young rightwing activist was shot and killed while speaking at a big university south of Salt Lake City, Utah. His name was Charlie Kirk, and he was unfamiliar to me, but he seems to have been a principal at Turning Point USA, an …