by blundun | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
The South Side of Chicago is a war zone. In 2023, the city recorded 617 homicides and more than 2,000 shootings, with neighborhoods like Englewood and Woodlawn hit the hardest. Just a few weeks ago, I stood over the body of a man who had been shot dead. Hundreds of...
by blundun | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
I’ll admit it: Democrats are on the defensive when it comes to crime. President Donald Trump’s takeovers of Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles aren’t making America any safer, but they’re effective stunts — designed to put Democrats on the back foot...
by blundun | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
No one protests more than a Democrat. I’ve watched the ritual a hundred times and lived it. Friends gather in parks with paint and markers. Group chats light up: “where to meet, what’s the route, loop here or there, lunch before or after.” In the first...
by blundun | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
It’s been almost a year since Hurricane Helene reshaped Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. But as a native of that region, I remember it like it was yesterday: the reports of catastrophic flooding, thousands of mudslides, and infrastructure...
by blundun | Sep 2, 2025 | Opinion
It’s been almost a year since Hurricane Helene reshaped Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. But as a native of that region, I remember it like it was yesterday: the reports of catastrophic flooding, thousands of mudslides, and infrastructure...
by blundun | Aug 21, 2025 | Opinion
Some books not only never grow old, they instead grow more relevant to the present day and indeed, even more pressing. One such book is The Gathering Storm, the first volume of Winston Churchill’s six-volume history of the Second World War. In its preface, Churchill...
