Mr. President, Don’t Forget to Stop the Carnage
The United States is reaching a grim milestone: One million murdered Americans. The FBI just released the Uniform Crime Report for 2016, and it contains […]
Don’t Blame the Kneelers—Blame Those Who Brainwashed Them
The brouhaha over political demonstrations during the National Anthem makes me think of a scene from “Junior Bonner,” a 1972 Sam Peckinpah film about rodeo […]
Is Capital Punishment Christian?
“A murderer forfeits his life, and it is right that he should be killed by the sword.” So said Martin Luther, and his argument to […]
Authoritarianism, Crime, and Freedom
In January, I took up Donald Trump’s extraordinary promise to bring the crime and violence we know today to a quick end. I argued that […]
Crime, Race, and the Thin Blue Line
Four decades ago, I worked in oil and gas exploration. I was laying a seismic survey line through a community outside of Dallas when an […]
Robert E. Lee: Saladin of the South
Here’s a little anecdote from Hollywood’s Golden Age that contains a lesson for us today. This is how the Egyptian scholar Amro Ali tells it: […]
To Address Crime, Trump Should Recall Will Rogers
Donald Trump won the presidency by gaining the support of people who had previously voted Democratic, and he will lose their support if he does […]
Crime, the Gallows, and Trump
In Henry Fielding’s novel Tom Jones, one Ensign Northerton quarrels with our hero and, without warning, deals him a seemingly mortal blow. Placed under arrest, […]