Review: “Death At Midnight (The Confession of an Executioner)”
- Skidmore, Gennifer
- 28 October 2023
Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner written by Donald A. Cabana with
Contrast: Palestine v. Israel
- Staff
- 19 October 2023
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”
- Skidmore, Gennifer
- 30 April 2023
“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]
- d'Aubigny, Rick
- 7 August 2021
“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]
- DeViney, Jack
- 13 August 2020
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
EDITORIAL: The Iran Crisis
- Wellein, Nate S.
- 7 January 2020
As I frequent news and social media sites after the assassination of General Soleimani, I notice again the divide that afflicts America. At ModState,
Fabriquè en Babylon: Don’t Let “Them” Win
I hearken back to hallowed antiquity (or the 2012 election season, anyway), about six months after meeting a fellow corpsman I had the honor
Political Beast: “Shoot” versus “Shot”
I’ve spent the last several weeks investigating the issue of police violence, specifically when it results in death. I’ve sat through
Executive Completion: the Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb
voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
– Benjamin Franklin-
SPECIAL: POTUS Debate #3 Judge’s Ballot
For what feels like the better part of an aeon, a near equally-endless array of the vile punditry and our hapless American citizenry have watched
SPECIAL: POTUS Debate #2 Judge’s Ballot
“’Tawdry,’” my Uncle Zip began, “is the word for it, I believe.” The Donald arrived at the scene of the 2nd Presidential Debate
Executive Completion: the Anti-Vote Election
I am incredibly disheartened. I have sat through two presidential debates and one Vice Presidential debate and I hear more insults than I do specifics
State of Mind: American (Part 2)
This is a continuation of my previous article on being American that touched on some things that attack
Interview: On POTUS Nixon with Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq.
DeViney, Jonathan D.:First and foremost, Mr. Shepard, on behalf of the staff and
Executive Completion: Aristocracy
In each of the articles that I have written so far for ModState I have brought up America’s Founding Fathers. I’ve done
SPECIAL: Diatribe – Are These Really Our Choices?
Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? Is the state of our current political system unable to provide any other choices? The debate on September 26, 2016,