Time for this week’s Current Events Write-Up.
Former President George H.W. Bush Dead at 94.
I have had ambivalent feelings about this President throughout my
life. When I was a conservative, I thought he wasn’t conservative
enough, yet I rooted for him in the 88 and 92 elections. I even read his
1988 autobiography, Looking Forward. He came across as a
decent, down-to-earth person, a gentleman, a grandfather, one who fought
in World War II. But he was part of the political and governmental
establishment and the elite, and people claim there is behind-the-scenes
and even not-so-behind-the-scenes dirt. I was thinking earlier this
week that Gulf War I was phony. “This act of aggression shall not
stand.” Yet, the U.S. allows plenty of acts of aggression to stand and
may even support and participate in them.
Thom Hartmann program.
On November 27, I was flipping through channels. I don’t watch TV
during the day since I have work to do, but I was briefly seeing what
the programs that evening would be about. I came across Thom Hartmann’s
daytime call-in program. I have followed him off and on, mostly off,
during the years. I have somewhat mocked progressive talk radio as an
unsuccessful attempt to imitate Rush Limbaugh, only from a left-leaning
perspective. But I kind of liked what I heard. Hartmann lucidly and
calmly took apart Trump’s tariff policy: it is based on a national
security provision, so it is temporary, and that is why jobs are not
flocking back to the U.S. I won’t be taping his program every day and
watching it, since three hours a day is quite a commitment. But I
subscribed to his free newsletter to get updates.
“If Patterns Hold, There May Indeed Be Terrorists Inside the Border Caravan,” by Todd Bensman.
“Middle Easterners do travel the same routes as Hondurans to the U.S.
southern border, and rising numbers of suspected terrorists have been
apprehended at the border in recent years.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dishes It Right Back To Lindsey Graham In Twitter Tiff.
I ordinarily am not the sort of person who gleefully says “SNAP!” But
I said it this time. Maybe it’s because I like it when someone refuses
to let someone else set the narrative and to be condescending to her.
The same thing appeals to me about Trump. He fights back.
“Is Putin the Provocateur in the Kerch Crisis?”, by Pat Buchanan.
Pat has written columns like this before, but this is an interesting
read if you are interesting in Putin’s perspective on Crimea and the
Ukraine.
“Mission Agency Clears Away Some False Assumptions about John Chau’s Missionary Work,” by Denny Burk.
Explores the depth of John Chau’s commitment and preparation.
Taki: “In Defense of Franklin Armstrong,” by Jim Goad.
I am not agreeing with this site, but I liked aspects of this
article. It defends Charles Schulz from accusations of racism, while
telling the story of why Schulz created the character Franklin
Armstrong.