Trump’s War Psychology - Two weeks after the start of the Iran War, the picture is coming into focus. Why would a president who promised countless times not to start new wars have leapt into this conflict? As always in the age of Trump, it’s necessary to separate the president’s motives and mindset from the old ways we used […]
News Around the South, 3/16 to 3/23 - NORTH CAROLINA: Low-income renters in North Carolina far outnumber affordable housing units There are only 38 affordable and available rental homes — three fewer than last year— for every 100 of North Carolina’s 350,000 extremely low-income households, according to a recent report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. That translates to 133,436 affordable and available rental units […]
Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee - Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for the same reasons. This followed […]
Southern Living Names Best BBQ Joints in Every Southern State - By Robert Moss Barbecue inspires a special kind of loyalty in the South. When we asked Southern Living readers to name the best barbecue joint in their state, they showed up with strong opinions and even stronger favorites. Readers chose plenty of old standbys, but a few impressive upstarts are also on the hot list. Drumroll, please: […]
The Inexplicable War - Why are we there? Is it because Israel was going to go there first/anyway, or because we wanted Israel to go? What are we doing there? Did we really bomb a girls’ school? How could we have made such a mistake? How can we not take responsibility if we did? You hear it all from […]
