Ignoring for the moment whether a state as such can have any rights at all (it can’t), we can ask: does a state have the right to “defend” itself against the people it subjugates?
163rd Anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s Victory in the Battle of Front Royal
This is reprinted from Jim Bovard's blog and expands on a post originally from 2023. Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured,...
