The First Amendment Shields Hate Speech, But Only For One Side

A tenured, female English Department professor, teaching at Fresno State University, made some disgusting Twitter remarks about Barbara Bush within hours of the widely loved and respected former First Lady’s death yesterday (April 17, 2018).  The lowlight of her comments included this angry declaration: “Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist … read more

Justice Is Not Served By Death Sentence Delays

On April 19, 2018, Walter Leroy Moody was executed in Alabama for the 1989 mailed pipe bomb murders of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Robert Vance in Alabama and NAACP Attorney Robert (Robbie) Robinson in Savannah, Georgia.  He was convicted at trial and given the death sentence in 1996.  He was … read more

Social Justice Response

Apparently reeling from the ending of a teen romance, a male student chose to punctuate his response with a gun, taken from his unaware father. Early one morning, finding his past flame in a school hallway, the teen opened fire, killing the young lady and wounding another student with the … read more

When You Absolutely, Positively Have Nothing Else To Complain About

In a recent New Yorker magazine article, the writer left no doubt as to his distain for the Chick-fil-A organization as a whole, and the chain’s presence in New York City, in particular, their newest, an impressive five-story Chick-fil-A restaurant!  That location likely triggered his article reference to Chick-fil-A’s “creepy infiltration” of … read more

Patriotism At Its Best

It was movie night in an auditorium at an American Army installation In Iraq. As is customary, before the start of the movie, our National Anthem is played. In anticipation, the roughly one-thousand soldiers in attendance that evening were on their feet, standing at attention. The Anthem recording began, then, … read more

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