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This Should Be Marco Rubio’s Closing Statement Tonight
If I were writing for him, it would look something like this: When I began this campaign, I believed with all my heart that I was the candidate who could lead this country into a New American Century. This journey … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Politics
Tagged Commentary, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, NeverTrump, Politics, Republicans
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Understanding Scalia
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Justice Antonin Scalia authored a Supreme Court opinion published today that curtailed certain kinds of police searches using drug-sniffing dogs. The holding in Florida v. Jardines was that such searches are unconstitutional and a violation…
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Tagged Commentary, Constitutional Law, Politics, Scalia
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Taylor Swift-Boating John Kasich
At a town-hall-style event at the University of Richmond last week, Ohio governor John Kasich noticed a female student who was enthusiastically trying to get his attention, reacting by saying, “I don’t have any tickets, for, you know, Taylor Swift,” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Politics
Tagged 2016 Election, Commentary, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Kayla Solsback, Politics, Taylor Swift, University of Richmond
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Trump’s Popularity: Real, or Wake-Up Call?
With another GOP debate imminent, poll leader Donald Trump will have several more opportunities to antagonize opponents, media members, and various segments of the public, as he has done repeatedly in recent months. Thus far, it hasn’t hurt him. At … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Politics, Sports
Tagged 2016 Election, Commentary, Donald Trump, Football, Politics, Presidential Election, Sports
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The Urge to Purge
As I’ve said before, the primitive desire to purge our society of anything that makes us feel bad—particularly things that relate to history—will continue, unabated, until people stand up and say “enough.” Consider this opinion piece in the Washington Post, headlined … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Phi, College, Commentary, Hoop Skirts, Orwell, Politics, Revisionism, Sororities, The Civil War, The South, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, Washington Post
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Memory Hole or Bottomless Pit?
Down, down the memory hole we go. Where we stop, nobody knows. I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Despite growing up in the capital of the Confederacy, and later attending Washington & Lee (as in “Robert E.”) University, I … Continue reading
What Was Lost
Today’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges represents the culmination of a perfectly executed public-relations campaign. It is impossible not to be impressed by what this activist-driven effort accomplished—I mean in real terms, not the unserious victory slogans of the campaign … Continue reading
Is Dylann Roof America Personified?
The horrific, racially motivated murder spree by Dylann Roof also served as a call to action for those who see the awful events of Wednesday night as corroboration of their core beliefs about the poisonous nature of American culture. Briefly, … Continue reading
Real Americans
I’m not going to address this past weekend’s events specifically. There are already hundreds of columns covering every aspect of what happened in Charlottesville (and what is happening, to a lesser extent, in Seattle and Richmond and elsewhere). Instead, I’d … Continue reading →