by jpitney | Jan 7, 2021 | Congress, Crime, Presidency
From Senator Mitt Romney: We gather today due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning. What happened here today was an insurrection, incited...
by jpitney | Sep 6, 2020 | civic virtue, Crime
David French: We know the obligation of the government, but what about the obligation of the citizen? Here’s where we turn to Thomas Jefferson’s rival, John Adams. And Adams gives us the second quote that frames our constitutional republic. Writing to the...
by jpitney | Jun 5, 2020 | Crime
President George W. Bush: Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the urge to speak out, because this is not the time for us to lecture. It is time for...
by jpitney | Feb 28, 2020 | Crime, Journalism, Threats Against Journalists
Many posts have discussed threats and violence against journalists. A release from the US Department of Justice: Four racially motivated violent extremists from across the U.S. were arrested and charged today in U.S District Court in Seattle with a conspiracy to...
