Is Donald Trump a Fascist?
Is Trump a Fascist? The internet seems to think he is. You can’t swing a cat without hitting a Facebook Continue reading
Analysis and opinion of politics.
The I-526 Shell Game
Is I-526 the school prayer of Charleston’s mayoral race? In other words, is it the meaningless distraction from the real Continue reading
Irish Writer Takes Aim at American Sniper
Anyone who read Chris Kyle’s American Sniper should read Mark Mulholland’s novel, “A Mad and Wonderful Thing.” Taken alone, Kyle’s memoir is poison. Combined with the Irish novel, it’s medicine.
Gun Control is Unlikely in this Congress
by Jordan Ragusa It happened after the Aurora shooting. It happened after Sandy Hook. It happened after the shooting in Continue reading
Witnessing
When the President spoke at Clementa Pinckney’s funeral last month, many were quick to call it historic, and I’m inclined to agree with them. My own experience of listening to the speech, however, is a different kind of history. This account has limited historic significance. It’s just a story I want to tell myself, an attempt to understand I’ve come to believe, about the present and the future.
Consider the ACA Context
by Phil Jos [This post originally appeared in the Charleston Post & Courier’s Letters to the Editor, 14 July 2015] In Continue reading
Simulating the Vote to Remove the Confederate Flag from South Carolina’s Capitol Grounds
By Jordan Ragusa Do opponents of the Confederate flag have the votes to remove it from South Carolina’s Capitol grounds? In Continue reading
Disrespecting White Supremacists
Last week, a white supremacist gunned down nine black men and women in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The AME Continue reading
The Glebe Street Hacks 