Arizonans resist federal agents at border patrol checkpoints
That would be picking a fight, but that’s just what we need.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Happy Birthday, Jack
John F. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Today is his ninety-eighth birthday. Here is a good …
Hillary’s Chappaquiddick
Leadership principle: when bad things happen, be ready to respond with character.
Setback in Ramadi
Whatever plans the Islamic State carries out, Iraq is partitioned. The Kurds will not relinquish their sizable enclave. Iraqi Shiites will fight hard for their large chunk of oil-rich territory. Who in the entire eastern territories would have real motivation to retake the western part of the country from the Islamic State?
Ed Helms’ UVa commencement speech: worth watching
They did it again
C: It just makes me mad that they did it again. D: Who’s they, and what did they do again? …
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death, the feds have their day in court
Yesterday evening I chatted with a friend about the latest news. I was about to mention Elizabeth Warren’s success in …
Federal court: Snowden was right
A U. S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, May 7, that Snowden is correct: NSA collection of phone records …
CIA’s airborne assassination program
The CIA’s airborne assassination program is back in the news because a drone accidentally killed Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto …
Lynching by police
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The …
War in eastern Ukraine one year old
The war in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine got underway in April 2014. On April 7, 2014, protesters declared …
The Jeffersonian 