Georgia Prepares to Carry Out the 1,500th Execution in the U.S. Since 1976
The Intercept· 1 day agoOn the night of June 20, the United States will mark a grim milestone: the 1,500th execution since the return of the death penalty in 1976. Forty-two-year-old ...
Loving Day: What this unofficial celebration is all about
KERO 23 Bakersfield· 7 days agoNo, Loving Day is not some lame Valentine's Day knockoff. It's an unofficial celebration that takes...
JGTC Today in History
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 5 days agoEisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. In 1775, the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army ...
Today in history
The Indiana Gazette· 3 hours agoIn 1775, George Washington was commissioned by the Continental Congress as commander in chief of the Continental Army. In 1868, “Tales from the Vienna Woods,” a waltz by Johann Strauss “the ...
Legendary "Lost" Treatise on Texas Blues Finally Unearthed
Houston Press· 5 days agoIn 1959, two fans and writers about blues music, Paul Oliver (of England) and Mack McCormick (of the...
Editorial: Defense of silencers shows how gun debate has shifted
The Post and Courier· 19 hours agoActually, there’s already a federal law that makes people jump through hoops to purchase a silencer,...
The People &c., Respondent, v. David Mendoza, Appellant. | New York Law Journal
Law.com· 5 days agoJudges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur. This appeal presents the issue of whether defense counsel is ineffective for advancing a jury nullification ...
Have Women Writers Really Been Boxed Out of the Thriller World?
New York Times· 5 days agoWhen I started reading Vanessa Friedman’s thriller roundup (June 2), I wanted to fly to New York and stand screaming outside your building. Of course I’m always delighted — thrilled — when women ...
World War I: A Revisionist Reading List | David Gordon
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 1 day agoBy extension, revisionist history also criticizes the decision of the United States in 1917 to enter...
'America v. 2.1' is funny, but 'so scary'
Berkshire Eagle· 5 days agoRose said during an interview before the show's opening. Directed by Logan Vaughn and starring Ansa Akyea, Jordan Barrow, Kalyne Coleman, Peterson Townsend and Peggy Pharr Wilson< ...