Pete Hegseth, co-host of the “Fox & Friends” talk show, is Trump’s pick to run the Defense Department. Hegseth (photo left, bio here), 44, a Princeton graduate, served in the Minnesota National Guard and saw combat duty in the Iraq war. But he has a ton of personal issues, incl[...]
Archive for December, 2024
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:41 am § in Misc.
The case for pardoning Trump
Democracy is messy, and justice is imperfect. Presidents are immune from prosecution so they can focus on the job the people elected them to do, which is considered a higher priority than attaining perfect justice. While Trump’s first election can be written off as an aberration of a flawed elect[...]
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:39 am § in Racism
The barn where Emmitt Till was lynched
… is the subject of a new book (get it here); meanwhile, visit the actual barn in the video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Is Biden’s pardon of his son “pardonable”?
President Biden said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter. But things change, and he did just that on Sunday, December 1, 2024, a few days before his son’s sentencing for tax cheating and lying on a gun purchase form. Trump and Republicans in Congress are crying foul, but this reeks of hypocrisy a [...]