The Faithless? The Untold Story of the Electoral College
Dave Gillespie — Do you think of yourself as something of a political junkie? Are you interested in, or concerned about, problems like partisan polarization and the [...]
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Old Prohibition: Party and Leader in the Latter-day
Dave Gillespie — James is the name his parents gave him; James as in Bond, the hero in Ian Fleming novels and movie spy thrillers. But unlike Bond, that famous but [...]
The White Slave Jordan Chambers
Dave Gillespie and Judi F. Gillespie — Surprising though it may be, it is true. Through most of the long global history of slavery, race or “blood” was largely [...]
Crime and Due Process: Two Scenes Connected in the Dylann Roof Case
Dave Gillespie — On June 17, 2015 Dylann Roof murdered nine African American parishioners at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South [...]
The Dylann Roof Trial: First-Hand Reflections and Assessment
Dave Gillespie — The verdict came in around mid-afternoon Thursday, December 15, just a couple of hours after the lawyers completed their closing statements and the [...]
The Others: They Almost Always Get There First
Dave Gillespie — Whatever you think of Hillary Clinton, her nomination is undeniably a milestone in history. Clinton is the first woman ever to win the presidential [...]
Twenty-five Selfies in the Raphael Room
David Gillespie — It was Monday, June 20. This year. Celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary, we were in Rome. This would be a day for touring the Vatican under the [...]
Heroes in the Mother Emanuel Tragedy
David Gillespie — You may recall the main villain in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church story: Dylann Roof,a young Columbia, South Carolina area white [...]
Racism: It Is What It Is, Wherever It Is
J. David Gillespie — The Holocaust. In its scope, volume, and cold, cruel deliberateness, it may rank as the most heinous crime one people have ever carried out against [...]
It’s a Reality Show
J. David Gillespie — For a long time politicians have tried to make politics entertaining to the masses. Roman rulers offered the plebs “bread and circuses.” [...]
