At the beginning of this week, I had laid out plans for a few simple posts on matters related to the Civil War. Little did I know what I would encounter moments after I turned on my iPad Monday morning. As I’ve said elsewhere, This Was the Week That Was. And it’s only Thursday.
We are left with a few questions. We’ve had a confession and a recantation which contained allegations. That seems unresolved. We’ve had a press release breaking a story that simply led to more questions. Those questions have not been answered. We’ve had a lot of discussion about accountability and speculation about who knew what when or who should have known what when. Finally, when all of this was about to recede, we had a discussion over who should be ashamed, prolonging all of this another day.
Maybe by tomorrow the discussion will recede, at least until several unanswered questions are answered. We’ll see. I believe that all that could be said has been said absent new information. But I could be wrong.
I’ve created a new category for the posts addressing these matters. It took me some time to come up with a phrase that would not in itself add to the controversy. I’ve chosen “Lincoln Pardon Controversy” as the best way to do that for now. We’ll see.
Thanks for reading and contributing.
Crossroads 
Just as a final note, in all fairness, one point that’s not been made in this whole discussion yet is that Lowry — with only one shot at it — made a pretty good “5.”
Imagine how many practice 5’s one would have to go through with a fountain pen before feeling ready to do the deed.