By Glynn Wilson – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — This city was not a pivotal location during the Civil War from 1861-65, but the often violent and deadly battle over removing the statue of Robert E. Lee in 2017 put Thomas Jefferson’s home town front and center in the national war on Confederate monuments and how today’s…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Alabama’s most vocal pro-Trump Republican Congressman, Mo Brooks — who will most likely win a seat in the United States Senate in November, 2022 since he has no effective opposition — will have to defend himself in a lawsuit claiming he was directly involved in inciting the…
Staff Report – A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Samuel Lazar, 35, of Ephrata, is charged with federal…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proving the adage that “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” and show that posting false information on the inter-web appears to be far more profitable than telling the truth, consider the case of…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — If ever there was a use for Twitter, other than Donald Trump’s tweets, it is the COVID Games in Tokyo. I almost feel sorry for NBC, but not really, since it is so easy to ignore the NBC Olympics Twitter feed along with The…
Secret Vistas – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — While tens of thousands of people flock to the iconic national parks of the American West in the summer travel season, exacerbating an already disastrous mega-drought and experiencing a record-breaking heat wave and an already out of control wildfire season, there are lesser known…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Michael Leon Brock, 54, of Walls,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison this week with 24 months of supervised release and a fine of $100 for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the…
Guest Column – By Robert Reich – Within hours, Jeff Bezos will blast off into space, a week after Richard Branson went up. Another small step for billionaires. Once upon a time, long long ago, people with names like John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Buzz Aldrin, and Sally Ride blasted into space. None was selected on…
“I do not feel obligated to believe that the same god who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.” – Galileo Galilei Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In April of 1966, Time magazine set off a firestorm of public debate and made a…
By Glynn Wilson – THURMONT, Md. — Think about the picture in your head when someone mentions the word “slavery.” What comes to mind? Maybe you think of a black man or woman picking cotton in the American South, with a huge, white columned mansion in the background. That would be a “stereotype,” as Walter…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York man has been arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the presidential election electoral votes and certified Joe Biden as president, and Donald…
Staff Report – One of the suspects in the murder of Red Cross volunteer Brian Shaw of Alabama has been released on bail bond, according to a spokesman at the St. Clair County Jail in Asheville. Andray LaQuarn Pope Jr., 20, of Birmingham, was apprehended and charged with theft of property first and possession of…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes epiphanies come in dreams. I had another one of those this morning as my brain was trying to coax my body into waking up. Not that I haven’t realized this before, and defied the knowledge. The scene was set in New Orleans, and…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — I must admit that it does get boring and even annoying at times to be right most of the time, and ahead of one’s time. Maybe I should strive to be more behind the times like most newspapers, universities and other Southern writers,…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorneys general in 36 states and the District of Columbia are suing tech giant Alphabet Inc. under antitrust laws in the United States alleging that Google is running an illegal and unfair monopoly. Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh joined the coalition of 37 attorneys general Wednesday in the…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida man and member of the Oath Keepers was arrested Friday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — James Rhodes of Coulterville, California can attest to how hot it was in June, even at 1800 feet above sea level in the shadow of Yosemite National Park and only a three hour drive from San Francisco. “It’s been really hot,” he said, with one wildfire in the…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As record-breaking heat waves and floods ravage the continent, members of the Lummi Nation are transporting a 25-foot, hand-carved and painted totem pole from Washington State to Washington D.C., visiting many sacred and historic places along the way under threat from climate change, dams and resource extraction. They are…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — As people in the United States get ready to find some way to celebrate the Fourth of July again after a reopening of sorts from last year’s shut down in the hellscape year of 2020, I can’t help but find myself wondering: Has American…
