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Trumpling Veterans 0
Seth takes a closer look at the RNC and at Trump’s insults to veterans.
The Disinformation Superhighway, It Might As Well Be True Dept. 0
Shannon Gillies documents a deception.
Promises, Promises 0
Nicholas Kristoff takes inventory.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
A 29-year-old man named Luis Martin Pages shot his 59-year-old mother, Miriam Gonzalez, to death at 5:22 p.m. on Sunday evening in their shared North Miami home after the two argued.
More family values at the link.
False Idols 0
In the Des Moines Register, Kristen Greteman takes issue with the Iowa State University athletic director’s plan to sacrifice the arts, specifically performances at ISU’s Stephens Auditorium, on the altar of football to pay for the football team’s loss of revenue in these viral times.
Maskless Marauders 0
Joan Quiqley fears we are losing the war on stupid. Here’s a bit from her column:
He added that whether it’s information backed by science or common sense, people throughout the U.S. are not listening.
“The thing that annoys me the most is that we keep on doing our best to save all these people, and then you get another batch of people that are doing exactly the opposite of what you’re telling them to do.”
We are a society of stupid. And selfish.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
The Las Vegas Sun reports that the Mohave desert is becoming uninhabitable for Joshua trees. (Follow the link for the full story.)
The demise of the tree would “represent the collapse of the higher-elevation Mojave Desert ecosystem,” said Patrick Donnelly, the state director for the Center for Biological Diversity. The tree provides food and shelter for many desert animals, he said.
Anyone who denies the reality of climate change is not paying attention, too stupid for words, or on the take (or some combination thereof).
(Grammar error correx.)