A couple of observations about the violence and deaths in Charlottesville. Heather Hayer is the latest casualty of the Civil War. Hayer died as part of a protest (and counter-protest) over how we think about the War and General Robert
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White Nationalist Jason Kessler Flees His Press Conference in Charlottesville – Hit & Run : Reason.com
Charlottesville, Va.- An angry crowd surged in and grabbed Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler, preempting what was to have been a press conference at 2 p.m. today in front of City Hall across from the city's famous free…
White Nationalist Jason Kessler Flees His Press Conference in Charlottesville – Hit & Run : Reason.com
Charlottesville, Va.- An angry crowd surged in and grabbed Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler, preempting what was to have been a press conference at 2 p.m. today in front of City Hall across from the city's famous free…
Alt-Right Rally at UVA: One chant heard — “blood and soil” and “one people, one nation, end immigration”
CNN reports that Alt-right activists held torches and marched late yesterday through the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. Chanting “blood and soil” and “one people, one nation, end immigration,” the group rallied around a statue of Thomas Jefferson…
Charlottesville, the Jim Crow South, and the Nazis
Brent Staples op-ed that links the Jim Crow South to the Nazis from last May is making the rounds again today, for obvious reasons. One of the things Staples does is mention Jim Whitman’s important new book, Hitler’s American
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A Fallen Immigrant Soldier Dominates the Early Days of Campaign 2016
Earlier this week, Khizr Kahn, father of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq in combat, offered a passionate speech at the Democratic National Convention. His son, Humayun Khan, a Muslim American, sacrificed his life to save the lives of soldiers under his command.…
Why 85 South
By Bob Trammell
Late August marks the 20th anniversary of my life in the law. 20 years since I was a first year law student at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia. Reflecting back on the decisions that led…
Are death penalty advocates troubled by plea deal, presumably urged by families of two slain Viriginia college students, that allows a double murderer to escape any real punishment?
Main March 2, 2016Are death penalty advocates troubled by plea deal, presumably urged by families of two slain Viriginia college students, that allows a double murderer to escape any real punishment?The question in the title of this post is my…
UVA notifies employees of illegal access to human resources information through phishing scheme
The University of Virginia (UVA) has notified approximately 1,400 of its employees that unauthorized individuals were able to access its HR system and the personal information of 1,400 employees of the Academic Division. The intruders launched a successful phishing attack…
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Quad-C Management Invests in VMG Health
Quad-C Management has announced it has closed an investment in VMG Health.
Quad-C, headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., is a middle market PE firm focused on investing in business services, consumer, general industrial, healthcare, specialty distribution and transportation/logistics companies. It…