Former President Donald Trump visits the southern border for the first time since he left office, Bill Cosby gets released from prison, and the House votes to create a select committee to investigate the events that took place on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Attorney for Man Made Infamous by January 6 Photo Accuses Feds of Multiple Constitutional Violations
Richard Barnett, the retired Arkansas fire fighter seen round the world in a Jan. 6 news photo with his foot on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s desk, could not have known a few days later when he surrendered to federal authorities that it would be nearly four long months before he would again see…
Attorney for Man Made Infamous by Jan. 6 Photo Accuses Feds of Multiple Constitutional Violations
Richard Barnett, the retired Arkansas fire fighter seen round the world in a Jan. 6 news photo with his foot on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s desk, could not have known a few days later when he surrendered to federal authorities that it would be nearly four long months before he would again see…
Questions That Need Answers
Commentary Ever since Socrates pestered his interlocutors with questions they couldn’t answer, all the best people have told us that questions are more important than answers. So I thought I would try a column consisting mostly of questions. Socrates wanted to know things like “What is Virtue?” “What is knowledge?” “What is love?” My questions…
A Media With No Doubts Charges ‘Cowardice’
Commentary The decline of the Washington Post from its former journalistic eminence might be summed up in one headline that I spotted this week while glancing over its daily “Headlines” newsletter—which is usually as much of the paper as I care to see anymore. This headline was to an opinion piece by one Terrance Weeden…
The Capitol Riot Narrative Is Collapsing, but Its Political Exploitation Persists
Commentary Virtually the entire American Ruling Class has invested in a narrative that is collapsing—that what transpired at the Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6 represented a murderous, armed insurrection, posing a dire threat to the republic. Yet the exploitation of that single event to marginalize and malign up to half the country, in a…
Democrats, Not Trump Supporters, Are the True Jan. 6 Insurrectionists
If you were to stage an insurrection on the Untied States government would you, (a.) simultaneously attack the power grid at multiple points, turning out the lights across the country or (b.) dress up like a horned Star Wars character at a comic book convention and enter the Capitol building, unarmed, as if it were…
Still No Evidence of Armed Insurrection on Jan. 6
Commentary It almost seems like the narrative was created in advance. As the nation’s capital descended into chaos on the afternoon of Jan. 6—including angry protests both inside and outside the Capitol building to object to Congress’s final certification of the 2020 election results—Democratic lawmakers were already spinning. “This is a violent insurrection,” Rep. Ted…
House Republicans Request Hearing With Capitol Police Board for First Time in 76 Years
Three House Republicans are looking to hold a series of hearings concerning the U.S. Capitol Police Board in wake of the lapses which contributed to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. In an April 29 letter (pdf) to Committee on House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.)…
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Jan. 6 Detainees Confined 23 hrs/day; Risking All for American Dream
Nearly 500 people have been charged in cases related to the breach of the Capitol on January 6, with more charges expected. Some of dozens detained in federal prison awaiting trail, say they are being subject to Third World treatment, including solitary confinement, lack of required medical care, and restricted access to defense counsel. We…