The President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund argued that Louisiana voters, exercising their free choices, were not voting correctly

In 1986, Robert Cortez “Bobby” Scott, then a state Senator in Virginia, ran for election to the Commonwealth’s First Congressional District seat against incumbent Representative Herb Bateman (R-VA), losing in a landslide, 56% to 44%. In the redistricting which followed the 1990 Census, the state legislature, at the direction of the federal Department of Justice, …

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Columbus Set the Oars in Motion

Christopher Columbus Statue, a gift of the Chicago Italian community to the City of Chicago

       Why has modern America chosen to attack Columbus Day?  Many schools no longer celebrate it; many states have dropped it in ignominy… or worse, they use it as a negative teaching opportunity: to trash the explorers who brought European civilization to these shores.        Of course, it’s still celebrated as …

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America’s New Warfighting Military: Old Blood and Guts Would Be Proud

Late last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told an unprecedented gathering of generals, admirals, commanders, and senior NCOs that from this moment on, the only mission of the newly named Department of War is this: “warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, [and being] unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.”

Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #64: Seattleites Give Off A Strange Vibe

Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #64: Seattleites Give Off A Strange Vibe

My manicurist, Monica, told me she could spot Seattleites the minute she saw them. “They give off a vibe,” she said. She was seeing more & more Seattleites since a strange, expensive “campground” opened up nearby.

Blue In the Face

Well, I guess it’s official: I’m now “blue in the face.” The kind of blue that frustrated people get when they’ve said something so many times, they say they’ve done it ‘til they’re “blue in the face.”