In the aftermath of the protests that have swept the nation in the past month, President Trump has once again said that the government should prohibit the desecration of the American flag. He tweeted Tuesday, “It is ashame [sic] that…
I had just moved from Chicago’s Lawndale to North Park and ended up in Miss M’s eighth-grade class. Miss M was a fervent patriot, an admirer of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, and a staunch anti-communist. She was suspicious of the new…
In his Tuesday Rose Garden address, President Trump announced the Executive Order on Safe Policing and for Safe Communities. This executive order comes in the wake of protests sweeping across the nation in the past weeks. The president also brought…
The destruction of public monuments currently raging on both sides of the Atlantic has found an unlikely new opponent in the form of liberal French President Emmanuel Macron. Addressing French citizens in a televised speech on Sunday from the Élysée…
The COVID-19 crisis coupled with the looting and riots that roared out of George Floyd protests in big cities lit a spotlight on the danger and fragility of urban life. Today, the long-term effects of the current events on the…
East Moline, Illinois We were drinking outside St. Giuseppe’s Heavenly Pizza when we heard the gunshots. Five of them, in rapid succession, about four blocks away. I was armed only with a cigarette, but Joe Schilling was packing real heat…
This morning, I woke up, attended multiple Zoom meetings, and ate my lunch from a Styrofoam to-go box. Tonight I plan to go for a walk around my neighborhood. This has been my daily routine since March 30, when Virginia…
Washington Black Lives Matter and other radical activist groups like Antifa want you to believe that the protests, rioting, and looting will make America a better country with more social justice. And the way that is supposed to happen is…
As an observer, I’m an expert on the matter of chaos. Most of the chaos in the universe hides out in my closet, in my sock drawer. I know what I’m talking about. The closest thing to law and order…
