Robert Lacy
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When Words Become Bullets
Not long ago, Dallas woke up to the sound of gunfire and another scar on our country. A man climbed onto a rooftop and opened fire at an ICE building. His bullets tore into a van that was hauling detainees. One life was taken, others were hurt, and before the smoke cleared, the shooter had turned the gun on himself. Later, investigators found a shell casing with two words scratched into it: “ANTI-ICE.” That single mark told the whole story. This wasn’t random rage. This was someone carrying out the slogans he had swallowed. It wasn’t a blind act of rage. It was ideology turned into ammunition.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in The Swamp
Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk
In moments of national crisis, the collective response often gravitates toward swift attribution of blame and an urgent demand for resolution. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, this impulse has been particularly pronounced. The subsequent arrest of Tyler Robinson has provided both a focal point for public outrage and a figure upon whom broader anxieties are projected. His demeanor during Tuesday’s hearing, perceived by many as dismissive or unrepentant, has further intensified sentiment, leading to a widespread presumption of guilt before the judicial process has fully unfolded.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in The Swamp
Thomas Jefferson
When we talk about freedom, Thomas Jefferson’s name rises quickly. His words framed the birth of a nation: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Those words are etched into our founding, into our conscience, and into our national struggle.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in History
The Real History of Race
Race is one of the most powerful words in our culture today. It divides nations, sparks protests, fuels anger, and has become the lens through which people are told to see themselves. But here’s the hard truth—race is not a timeless truth. It’s not a God-given reality. It’s a human invention, created only a few centuries ago, and sharpened into a weapon of division.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in History
John Adams
History rarely remembers the second man as fondly as the first. George Washington casts a long shadow, the kind of legacy that feels larger than life. Yet without John Adams, America’s story would lack much of its backbone. He was not charming like Jefferson, nor towering like Washington. He was stubborn, sharp-tongued, and sometimes painfully unpopular. But he was also a man of unflinching principle, one who believed that truth and law mattered more than applause.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in History
George Washington
When people today talk about leadership, they often mean ambition. They mean clawing your way to the top, holding onto power with both fists, and never letting go until they pry it from your cold hands. That’s politics now. But that was not Washington.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in History
Free Speech, Consequences, and the Celebration of Death
On the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated, America didn’t just lose a man. We lost a voice who believed in debate, in open dialogue, in putting ideas against one another instead of fists or bullets. And yet, before his family even had time to mourn, social media lit up with celebration. Laughter. Mockery. Dancing on the grave of a man killed in front of his wife and children.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in The Swamp
Two Americas: How We Grieve, How We Rage
On September 11th, 2001, America was attacked. Nearly twenty-five years later, most of us still remember where we were. But what many also remember is what stood out even more than the flames and the falling towers: the way people came together. Neighbors who had never spoken embraced. Democrats and Republicans bowed their heads side by side. There was no thought of “which side are you on?” when the entire nation was in tears.
By Robert Lacy4 months ago in The Swamp
The Lawman They Tried to Forget: Bass Reeves and the Masked Myth of the American Wes
The truth is, some stories were never lost. They were buried. Not because they lacked heroes but because the heroes didn’t fit the version of America the storytellers wanted to sell.
By Robert Lacy7 months ago in History
The Boogeyman Who Tried to End Slavery: Joseph Smith's Forgotten Presidential Campaign.
They called him a cult leader, a charlatan, a threat to the public. By the time he was assassinated in 1844, Joseph Smith had been jailed, tarred by newspapers, and hunted by mobs. Entire state governments had driven him and his followers out under threat of death. Missouri's governor even signed an executive order calling for their “extermination.”
By Robert Lacy7 months ago in History
A Nation Stolen in Silence: Cromwell’s War on the Irish
They came before dawn; the boy had just reached for the door latch when the boots struck it open. Soldiers poured in, masked in soot and cruelty, shoving his mother aside with the butt of a musket. He screamed, but it didn't matter. They weren't listening. No one was.
By Robert Lacy7 months ago in History
