The Pen and the Gun: The Moral Inversion of Accountability
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/11/the_pen_and_the_gun_the_moral_inversion_of_accountability_154579.html

The consequences are downstream, but responsibility begins upstream.
Something deeply troubling is happening in the way we talk about immigration enforcement.
After an ICE operation in New York City, the rush to condemn the agent has been striking. Before the facts were fully established, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting an outrage, demanded an end to ICE enforcement in the city, and declared that ICE must be abolished. The use of force deserves scrutiny, but why are so many leaders so quick to condemn the agency before an investigation establishes what happened?
What happened to due...