JoinSign inShare this postA Vigilante Killing in Georgiathedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 7, 2020Share this postA Vigilante Killing in Georgiathedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailVoxAhmaud Arbery’s killers should be arrested and tried for murder. Their vigilante action looks less like the heroic actions of armed citizens upholding the law and more like an old-time posse, executing a vile form of street justice on a young, unarmed black man.Let’s walk through the events. Grab some coffee; this is going to take some time. Brunswick News“There’s a guy in the house...…JoinSign inShare this postA Vigilante Killing in Georgiathedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 7, 2020Share this postA Vigilante Killing in Georgiathedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailVoxAhmaud Arbery’s killers should be arrested and tried for murder. Their vigilante action looks less like the heroic actions of armed citizens upholding the law and more like an old-time posse, executing a vile form of street justice on a young, unarmed black man.Let’s walk through the events. Grab some coffee; this is going to take some time. Brunswick News“There’s a guy in the house...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postIs NATO Preparing for a New Mission in Africa?thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 12, 2020Share this postIs NATO Preparing for a New Mission in Africa?thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailChina and, more recently, Russia have taken renewed interest in Africa. Given that countering their creeping influence is one of the announced goals of the Trump administration, a new push from NATO to expand its role in Africa deserves a closer look.China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an effort to build a global infrastructure network with the “Middle...…JoinSign inShare this postIs NATO Preparing for a New Mission in Africa?thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 12, 2020Share this postIs NATO Preparing for a New Mission in Africa?thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailChina and, more recently, Russia have taken renewed interest in Africa. Given that countering their creeping influence is one of the announced goals of the Trump administration, a new push from NATO to expand its role in Africa deserves a closer look.China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an effort to build a global infrastructure network with the “Middle...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postHow States Can Make Voting by Mail Easier and Avoid Election Chaosthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 17, 2020Share this postHow States Can Make Voting by Mail Easier and Avoid Election Chaosthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThe November election may seem far away, and it’s impossible to know whether we’ll be operating under any kind of distancing guidelines like we are now. But the recent debacle in Wisconsin shows why states and localities should be preparing for voting from home. While pundits may debate whether the country should make the...…JoinSign inShare this postHow States Can Make Voting by Mail Easier and Avoid Election Chaosthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 17, 2020Share this postHow States Can Make Voting by Mail Easier and Avoid Election Chaosthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThe November election may seem far away, and it’s impossible to know whether we’ll be operating under any kind of distancing guidelines like we are now. But the recent debacle in Wisconsin shows why states and localities should be preparing for voting from home. While pundits may debate whether the country should make the...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postEvangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next.frenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 19, 2020Share this postEvangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next.frenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailforeseenIn 1998—during Bill Clinton’s second term—the Southern Baptist Convention declared that “tolerance of serious wrong by leaders sears the conscience of the culture, spawns unrestrained immorality and lawlessness in the society, and surely results in God’s judgment” and...…JoinSign inShare this postEvangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next.frenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 19, 2020Share this postEvangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next.frenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailforeseenIn 1998—during Bill Clinton’s second term—the Southern Baptist Convention declared that “tolerance of serious wrong by leaders sears the conscience of the culture, spawns unrestrained immorality and lawlessness in the society, and surely results in God’s judgment” and...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postWhy the Atlanta Massacre Triggered a Conversation About Purity Culturefrenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 21, 2021Share this postWhy the Atlanta Massacre Triggered a Conversation About Purity Culturefrenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailIt always happens. Every time there is a mass shooting—often before we even know the number and identity of victims—there’s a desperate and immediate quest to know who was the shooter and what were his motives. Part of this is understandable, human, and necessary. When innocent women and men...…JoinSign inShare this postWhy the Atlanta Massacre Triggered a Conversation About Purity Culturefrenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 21, 2021Share this postWhy the Atlanta Massacre Triggered a Conversation About Purity Culturefrenchpress.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailIt always happens. Every time there is a mass shooting—often before we even know the number and identity of victims—there’s a desperate and immediate quest to know who was the shooter and what were his motives. Part of this is understandable, human, and necessary. When innocent women and men...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postWhat We Lose With Jury Trials on Holdthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 6, 2020Share this postWhat We Lose With Jury Trials on Holdthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailLast week, likely for the first time in our history, we held no jury trials—not in my courtroom or in any other courtroom across the country. We have had jury trials, in every state in the union, for hundreds of years—since before we ratified the Constitution, before Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The jury trial is part of the fabric of who we are as a nation:...…JoinSign inShare this postWhat We Lose With Jury Trials on Holdthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMay 6, 2020Share this postWhat We Lose With Jury Trials on Holdthedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailLast week, likely for the first time in our history, we held no jury trials—not in my courtroom or in any other courtroom across the country. We have had jury trials, in every state in the union, for hundreds of years—since before we ratified the Constitution, before Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The jury trial is part of the fabric of who we are as a nation:...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postState Department Report Highlights World’s Deadliest Weaponsvitalinterests.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 17, 2020Share this postState Department Report Highlights World’s Deadliest Weaponsvitalinterests.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailDon’t let the dry bureaucratic text fool you—the report outlines some of the most pressing security challenges Americans face today and will have to continue worrying about in the future. No interest is more vital than safeguarding the U.S. from an attack utilizing a weapon of mass destruction. And the...…JoinSign inShare this postState Department Report Highlights World’s Deadliest Weaponsvitalinterests.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 17, 2020Share this postState Department Report Highlights World’s Deadliest Weaponsvitalinterests.thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailDon’t let the dry bureaucratic text fool you—the report outlines some of the most pressing security challenges Americans face today and will have to continue worrying about in the future. No interest is more vital than safeguarding the U.S. from an attack utilizing a weapon of mass destruction. And the...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postDo Campaigns Matter? thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJul 20, 2020Share this postDo Campaigns Matter? thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThe underlying dynamics of an election cycle (the economy, the popularity of the president, national events driving the news cycle) are like the 44-pound “stone” hurtling toward the (please hold while I google what the, you know, bullseye thing is called) ... “house.” Once the stone is moving, this thing is heavy and it’s got momentum that is out of the “skip’s” control.  But this much is also true: Even...…JoinSign inShare this postDo Campaigns Matter? thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJul 20, 2020Share this postDo Campaigns Matter? thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThe underlying dynamics of an election cycle (the economy, the popularity of the president, national events driving the news cycle) are like the 44-pound “stone” hurtling toward the (please hold while I google what the, you know, bullseye thing is called) ... “house.” Once the stone is moving, this thing is heavy and it’s got momentum that is out of the “skip’s” control.  But this much is also true: Even...WW…

JoinSign inShare this postMeet the Young Conservatives Pushing Market-Based Climate Solutions thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJul 22, 2020Share this postMeet the Young Conservatives Pushing Market-Based Climate Solutions thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmail“It should not be ‘Green New Deal or bust,’ and it should not be ‘solve climate change in 2020 or bust,’ because we keep doing that every year and it’s always bust,” says Benji Backer, the ACC’s 22-year-old founder and current president. “If it's bust every year, then what progress are we making? Trying to rope in an...…JoinSign inShare this postMeet the Young Conservatives Pushing Market-Based Climate Solutions thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJul 22, 2020Share this postMeet the Young Conservatives Pushing Market-Based Climate Solutions thedispatch.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmail“It should not be ‘Green New Deal or bust,’ and it should not be ‘solve climate change in 2020 or bust,’ because we keep doing that every year and it’s always bust,” says Benji Backer, the ACC’s 22-year-old founder and current president. “If it's bust every year, then what progress are we making? Trying to rope in an...WW…

Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iran’s allied militias and proxies have launched missiles and drones at international shipping and U.S. troops. Hezbollah, the crown jewel in the Islamic Republic’s “ring of fire” around the Jewish state, has dueled with the Israeli Defense Forces, driving nearly 100,000 Israelis from their homes. The Biden administration has responded with two aircraft-carrier groups on patrol (one has now departed), missile barrages and bombing runs against Iranian proxies, and a lot of peripatetic diplomacy, including multiple trips by Secretary of State...…Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iran’s allied militias and proxies have launched missiles and drones at international shipping and U.S. troops. Hezbollah, the crown jewel in the Islamic Republic’s “ring of fire” around the Jewish state, has dueled with the Israeli Defense Forces, driving nearly 100,000 Israelis from their homes. The Biden administration has responded with two aircraft-carrier groups on patrol (one has now departed), missile barrages and bombing runs against Iranian proxies, and a lot of peripatetic diplomacy, including multiple trips by Secretary of State...WW…