Review: “Death At Midnight (The Confession of an Executioner)”
Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner written by Donald A. Cabana with
Contrast: Palestine v. Israel
To this editor, ModState serves an important function. Much more than a centrist platform that approaches discussion beyond hardline left and right
Review: “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” was written by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and published in 2019. This book is a collection of speeches
Gonzo State: [Untitled]
“Bentley! Bentley. I suggest…I suggest that you do something different with your life right now.” This instruction was delivered by
Six Degrees of Knowin’ Nothin’: [Untitled]
Does this era need introduction? Or, rather, may a suitable introduction be written? I report, you deride.
1: In any rational era, the sudden appearance
Contrast: Black Lives Matter v. All Lives Matter (et al)
Black Lives Matter: Let’s cut through the fat together, shall we? Yes or yes? Good. With that, we have a problem in America.
Fabriqué en Babylon: Meanwhile
With the majority of public discourse non-existent and what discussion does occur usually ending
EDITORIAL: The Iran Crisis
As I frequent news and social media sites after the assassination of General Soleimani, I notice again the divide that afflicts America. At ModState,
Apologetics: Mssrs. Wellein and DeViney
Any number of individuals have made use of our house ghost writer’s nom de plume to date. I am but the latest, having merely the sole distinction of being the only Englishman to use it.
In what feels
The secrets to Fashion for Music
She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way. When she reached the first hills of the Italic Mountains, she had a last view back on the skyline of her hometown Bookmarksgrove, the headline of Alphabet Village and the subline of her own road, the Line Lane. Pityful a rethoric question ran over her cheek, then she continued her way.
Executive Completion: American Scandal Primer Part One
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As I began research for this article, I couldn’t help but take a closer look at the last few scandals that rocked
Patriotism in a Divided America
We are the descendants of rebels. It does not matter if you were born on this soil or not, we all proudly remember the Fourth of July, 1776. Every year we
Zero Tolerance Equals Zero Humanity
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Leave for the far world of grammar
Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind texts it is an almost unorthographic life One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen.
Commentary on the Movie, “The Post” [Excerpt]
[The following is an excerpt from the blog and publishing site of Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq., author of “The Real Watergate Scandal”, kindly used with permission of the author.]
The top-secret report which became known as the Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is an internal analysis of documentation about the origins and conduct of the Vietnam War from 1947 to the end of the Johnson Administration, prepared over the course of three years under the supervision of three anti-war DOD officials. It ultimately consisted of some 3,000 pages of analysis and 4,000 pages of documentation. It was not peer reviewed or circulated outside of DOD.
Publication of the first article by the New York Times on June 13, 1971 caught the Nixon Administration completely by surprise. The Papers contained nothing adverse about the Nixon Administration itself, since the study concluded with the Johnson Administration, but there were three principal causes of concern:
Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective
The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells
Black History Month: Being About It
Talking about what might’ve been and thinking about what used to be only goes so far. Certainly not one opposed to reminiscing, I was wracked with grief over the comments