Lynch mobs are not a pretty sight.  But what is a pretty sight, even a beautiful one, is someone standing by the side of the road trying to call halt. "As we came down the steps of the Palais de Justice, we found ourselves surrounded by the roaring crowd.  And then I saw the hero [Zola], more beautiful than the imagination of mankind ever pictured him[.] ... He was clumsy, shortsighted, and awkwardly carried his umbrella under his arm[.] ... But as he descended the steps one by one, in the midst of the roars of hatred, among the crowd that clamored for his death, he walked under the arch of uplifted clubs and canes like a king descending the palace stairs beneath an arch of naked swords unsheathed in his honor. ... It was a triumph of conscience, of truth, and of an individual." –Mme. Severine during the Dreyfus affair In 2006, we saw the thronging of another lynch mob, this time in Durham, North Carolina.  Three Duke...(Read Full Article)