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Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “Sonya Massey Is This Election Cycle’s George Floyd,” on how Massey, a black woman who was killed by police as she was preparing to throw a pot of boiling water at them, is set to become this election season’s George Floyd. (more…)
Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police
Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police
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Nearly two weeks ago after surviving an attempt on his life, it appeared as if Donald Trump had sewn up November’s election.
Then, on Sunday night, Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed the cackling biracial knob-gobbler Kamala Harris as his replacement.
On Monday, Illinois State Police released bodycam footage of a white male officer shooting a mentally ill black woman dead in her home. The shooting had occurred back on July 6, but in politics, timing is everything. (more…)
Photo courtesy of the NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive.
Photo courtesy of the NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive.
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I have a feeling that I’m not the only one who enjoys watching dashcam videos of police chases while I relax with a cup of tea. The cameras mounted on most police-car dashboards in the United States provide entertaining yet troubling footage for the tea-drinking armchair constable such as myself. (more…)
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A new pandemic of Gibsmedat Fever is spreading across the country at an alarming rate. This causes strange changes in behavior, such as greatly inflaming the entitlement complex already endemic in blacks. In earlier times, they merely believed that they were owed a living at public expense. After infection, they believe they deserve to be made independently wealthy with no effort on their part. (more…)
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National divorce is the natural consequence of America’s highly politicized culture. Cable news channels routinely feature the term “civil war.” Average Americans divide along political lines in their personal and social lives, and nowhere is this more pronounced than on college campuses. America’s internal divisions are here to stay. (more…)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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I recently visited De Smet, South Dakota. It’s a small town east of central South Dakota named for a black-robed Christian missionary to the Indians. There are many such towns across the North American prairie; what makes this one special is that it is the town where Laura Ingalls Wilder launched her teaching career at the age of 16. Wilder went on to immortalize De Smet, South Dakota, and her family in a series of semi-fictionalized books. (more…)
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Barack Obama
A Promised Land
New York: Random House, 2020
There were stacks and stacks of Barack Obama’s new memoir at the brick-and-mortar bookstore I went to on Black Friday, 2020. I hadn’t been to a brick-and-mortar store for some time. If possible, I go to the library.