Janet Reno (1938-2016), the first woman to serve as Attorney General (1993-2001), died this month. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1995, two years after she authorized the April 19, 1993 siege at Mt. Carmel, the Branch Davidian property in Waco, Texas, and the same year she prosecuted Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols as the sole conspirators of the Murrah Federal … [Read more...]
The Election of 2016 and the Politics of Perspective
Riots in the streets of Portland, Oregon. Ivy League college students asking for exams to be postponed so that they may mourn. The severing of relationships. A Manhattan elementary school leading children in a group singing of We Shall Overcome. The single most contentious day in the history of Facebook. Massive unfriending. These are the fruits of Donald J. Trump’s victory … [Read more...]