Where Is the System That Judges?
A serious accusation should go somewhere. It should not circle forever through media, politics, and public suspicion. A functioning country...
Read Article Who Benefits When Accusations Are Never Resolved?
by Richard P. Weigand An unresolved accusation is useful. That is why so many accusations never end. They do...
Read Article Trial by Media Is Not Justice
A headline is not a verdict. A clip is not evidence. Trial by media punishes before it knows, and the...
Read Article Suspicion Is Not Knowledge
Suspicion feels like knowledge, but it is only an alert. In politics and media, suspicion is often used to create...
Read Article A Jury With No Evidence
The public has been turned into a jury, but it is not given evidence. It is given headlines, clips, leaks,...
Read Article Where Is Justice?
America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be lying. The media may be distorting...
Read Article Weed vs. Booze Is the Wrong Question
Alcohol and marijuana are usually compared by harm, safety, legality, or social acceptance. But that comparison misses the deeper issue....
Read Article What Is Human Conduct? Why Action Reveals Character
Human conduct is where belief, judgment, desire, discipline, and character become visible. A person’s conduct reveals what governs him, and...
Read Article What Is Self-Command?
Self-command is more than self-control. It is the ability to govern attention, speech, appetite, emotion, judgment, and action. Without self-command,...
Read Article Why Political Tension Is Necessary
Political tension is not always the enemy. Held correctly, tension creates the space where government can work. Without it, politics...
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