This is what movement conservatism has wrought…
Yes, Virginia, this is the time to be partisan As I’ve watched the 24 hour news coverage of the corona-virus outbreaks, I’ve grown angrier and angrier at a Republican Party […]
What’s the Deal with Busing?
As it turns out, there are a lot of Americans that have no idea what that was and why it was so explosive in last night’s debate. Here’s a short […]
Should married couples have the legal right to use and practice birth control?
What a dumb question. While I do not have the polling data to back this up, I suspect that even the staunchest conservative and religious enthusiast agree that a husband […]
No Virginia, Everybody Does Not Do This…
I wrote this post the day I finished the Mueller report. All it needed was an edit and grammar check. That was 6 days ago. Six days in our current […]
Initial Reactions
I would love to understand AG Barr’s thought processes these last few weeks. His public statements about this report, while not outright lies, were incredibly “misleading.” I continue to work […]
Time for a conversation…..
Michael Moore said it best Friday night during his appearance on MSNBC’s The Last Word. Ali Velshi, sitting in for Lawrence O’Donnell had Moore for a late hour discussion on the upcoming […]
Russia, if you’re listening, the gig is up.
Friday nights used to be routine: throughout the week, the White House Press Office would save all of its big and controversial announcements to literally “dump” them on the public […]
Yes Rudy, it was a campaign finance violation
I just finished, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States by Alexander Keyssar. A detailed and well-documented history of suffrage laws in the United States, Keyssar […]
My Weekend in Mississippi
Last weekend, I visited the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The two share a common space and opened on the same day, December […]
Presidential Scandals
I’m back. A short hiatus from blogging turned into a much longer and protracted interruption these last few months. Not from lack of controversies to discuss, my absence in the cybersphere […]
Fear: Your’s, Mine, and the World’s
Real power is —- I don’t even want to use the word —– fear.” Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump in an interview with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on March […]
A Couple Things on Laura Ingraham’s Immigration Monogram: She knows better.
For better or worse, I read articles before commenting and try to listen beyond the soundbite making the news. I remember a lot from Professor Sanders Poli Sci courses at […]
James and Dolley Madison at Montpelier
My favorite stop on this year’s presidential tour was Montpelier, home of James and Dolley Madison. Located a few miles outside of Orange, Virginia along Constitution Highway, Montpelier was the […]
George Mason, Gunston Hall, and Copyright Laws
George Mason, the founding father with a REAL copyright infringement claim George Mason never made it to the White House. In fact, he never even tried. As a landed Virginia […]
Just a Couple Things: The Mueller Indictments
Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein’s announcement today ricocheted through the halls of Congress, off the walls of the White House, up to 5th Avenue in New York City, and finally across […]
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Staunton Virginia
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, a relatively small town 45 minutes west of Charlottesville. The future president (28th) lived in Staunton with his family – his father was […]
Jefferson, Monroe, Grant, and…..
Monticello High atop Montalto mountain sits Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical, Palladian mansion, the centerpiece of his once 5,000-acre tobacco and mixed crop plantation. Located outside of Charlottesville, Monticello offers extensive […]