I believe in the presumption of innocence: and that we ought all to give it. Right now, the Mangione kid has that presumption (he may or not be a murderer; he is quite evidently an utter shit). All the same, a few things… Whoever is found guilty of the murder of Brian Thompson can citeContinue reading “Morons, murders, and manifestos”
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Hymn for the End of Term
In the last days of the era BB—Before Beryl—, an old friendly acquaintance … wait. Let me explain. Some decades ago, during the Bubble, there was a website. Its gimmick was to provide reviews of consumer products—books and films, fatally, included—by actual consumers thereof. Royalties were based upon, ostensibly, the quality of the reviews asContinue reading “Hymn for the End of Term”
Civil rights – and wrongs – in America
Markham Shaw Pyle is a published legal, political, Congressional, diplomatic, and cultural historian, and the author of “Fools, Drunks, and the United States”: August 12, 1941; Benevolent Designs: The Countess and the General: George Washington, Selina Countess of Huntingdon, their correspondence, & the evangelizing of America; “Roses and Bayonets: A theory of civil disobedience;” andContinue reading “Civil rights – and wrongs – in America”
Markham Shaw Pyle, author & historian 