The horrifying details are leaking out. Reports indicate
that UNC class president Eve Carson was kidnapped and hauled along to ATM
machines before attempting an escape. She was shot from behind and then
point-blank in the face, blowing three fingers off her right hand — her last
act on earth a frantic effort to shield her face.
This description is as accurate as anyone knows because
Orange County Superior Court Judge Carl Fox has sealed the indictment against
the two perpetrators arrested in the case. And the District Attorney can’t
decide if he should seek the death penalty. Is it because one or more of the
alleged killers is “underage”? Or is it because justice in Orange County is
often tempered with politically correct sensitivity? Fox has been known to bend
the rules in the past, and I’m sure the DA is receiving heat from the usual
suspects who always pop up and blame “society” for the actions of
“disadvantaged” groups.
But whatever the reasons for the stonewalling in
Hillsborough, why aren’t the local mass media beating down the door to find out
what’s really going on? If the accused parties had misused campaign funds, been
involved in a sexual liaison or driven a state-owned vehicle for personal
errands, reporters and TV vans would be camped outside the jail 24/7. Pre-trial
publicity is certainly involved here, but the public’s right to know trumps
that canard in the case of Carson. One conclusion is clear. The prophylactic
thrown over the accused parties certainly inures to their benefit, allowing
time for advocacy groups to concoct their defense. ...
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Joe McCarthy Controversy Continues
Below is a Letter to the Editor - as of yet unpublished - by Stanton Evans, author of Blacklsited By History, the definitive biography of Senator Joe McCarthy, responding to an essay by Ronald Kessler in the April 22, 2008 Wall Street Journal.
Evans points out in his letter that Kessler ignores the facts and returns the public dialogue on the subject to the dark ages of ignorant propaganda that served as McCarthy's legacy before Blacklisted By History set the record straight.
Blacklisted By History draws on formerly declassified FBI documents, the Venona Files and newly unearthed sources to upend the prevailing views of the so-called McCarthy Era. (An email from Bernie Reeves to Stan Evans precedes the letter to the Wall Street Journal.)
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