The Art of the Compromise
Revised and Updated Paperback Edition Arrives November 22 November 22 marks an anniversary worth remembering. On that day in 1787, […]
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The Day the Judiciary Lost Its Cool
How the Bork hearings turned the Supreme Court into a partisan stage When Senator Ted Kennedy rose on the Senate
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The Founding Myth — A Nation of Settlers?
A new talking point circulates through certain corners of the Internet: America is a nation of settlers, not immigrants. The
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When Anger Finds a Target
Free speech under fire: what Charlie Kirk’s murder reveals about us, not them. I am a conservative and a Republican.
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The M&M Fallacy: What Candy Teaches Us About Race and Genetics
Preface I hesitated to write this post. Conversations about race carry deep history and emotion, and as a white American,
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TBRCon 2025: Building the Conversation
The Tennessee Book & Reader’s Convention (TBRCon) returned to the Knoxville Expo Center on September 13–14, and so did I.
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The Hall Monitors of Democracy
(or, Why I Don’t Trust Fact-Checkers) A certain species of modern hall monitor exist who now patrols the internet instead
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The Day a Flame Went Out
This weekend, I’m beginning the journey of writing my next nonfiction book. The idea has been simmering for a while:
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July Update: Karn’s Fair & Indexing Progress
Karn’s Fair Recap (July 26) Last Saturday I had a booth at Karn’s Fair in Knoxville, and it was such a
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We Should Decide Politics in the Ballot Box, Not the Jury Box
In the past few months, Knox County, Tennessee, has been embroiled in a controversy that’s become all too familiar in
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