Tennessee execution of Hines proves state needs spectacle for power
The spectacle in Nashville this week was less a matter of justice and more an exercise in profound, predictable theater.
By Tom Beckwith ·
alabama — Lorien Times
Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma: Justice is a state-run slaughterhouse
I don't know what the architects of American justice are thinking these days, but it ain't about doing right. It’s about spectacle.
By Josie Calloway ·
Alabama deputies’ bull wrangling: Local grit trumps policy papers
The truth about things—whether it’s livestock or policy—is that you have to be close enough to smell the manure and hear the engine idling down.
By Ruth Behrens ·
TSA discovers five stolen Civil War-era cannonballs in a traveler’s luggage in Alabama
We are told, again, that security requires vigilance—that every checked bag must be treated like a potential threat to the fragile mechanism of modern travel.
By Bram de Vries ·