| The small population of Walterboro, S.C., swelled over the past six weeks as news reporters, true-crime aficionados and other onlookers converged on the county courthouse for the prosecution of Alex Murdaugh for the murder of his wife and son. Among them has been The Post's Kathleen Parker, who has just published her latest column on the now-convicted former lawyer — in a series reviewing the drama and the performances of lawyers, police and Murdaugh himself. Parker's courtroom seat near the defendant is not all that gave her special perspective. She also has family roots in Walterboro; during one break in the court proceedings, she tended to her relatives' plots in the local cemetery. Parker's intimacy with the gardens-and-guns culture of the Lowcountry, as the region is known, has given her an extraordinary feel for the community and understanding of the players in the trial. She brought readers to the accused's first courtroom appearance, looking like "a man with nothing to hide." She was there for the revelation that he had been at the dog kennels just minutes before the murders were committed there. She walked us through the defendant's 99 or so alleged financial crimes, detailed the various flaws in the police investigation, sat witness to Murdaugh's own (perhaps misguided) testimony — and narrated the fast-paced events of the final two days: a quick conviction, followed by a judge's stern sentencing. In the end, Parker was left with a few "unavoidable, unanswerable" questions — the "what if" possibilities that might have kept Murdaugh from ever landing in court.  (Chris Carlson/AP) A trial ends with the jury's quick conclusion and a list of what-ifs. By Kathleen Parker ● Read more » | | | | Democratic presidents have done troubling and at times terrible things to appease centrist White voters. President Biden shouldn't continue that legacy. By Perry Bacon Jr. ● Read more » | | | | One Fifth Circuit judge reasoned that "mutual" protective orders would leave women unable to use guns to defend themselves. By Ruth Marcus ● Read more » | | | All of us who come from elsewhere owe it to the past to think hard on what we share with today's immigrants. By David Von Drehle ● Read more » | | | | The pandemic has faded, but one of the least understood effects of the virus still eludes treatment: There is no known cure for long covidiocy. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | The hostility stems from foggy economic thinking and an animus against the people and processes that create the wealth that the left delights in redistributing. By George F. Will ● Read more » | | | The words of the D.C. advocate (and wife of former-Post publisher) are worth revisiting for Women's History Month. By Colbert I. King ● Read more » | | | | In Congress, Republicans want to slash Medicaid. At the state level, momentum is moving in the opposite direction. By Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | LETTER TO THE EDITOR If cutting down on time is a concern in baseball, there are ways to be more efficient. Read more » | | | |
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