Here are my observations and opinions from my select news of the day.
THE THINKER (Courtesy Steve Kelly)
DIPPING INTO MY PILE OF STUFF – When I come across material I want to bring to your attention, it goes in my pile of stuff. Unfortunately, some good “stuff” lost out to my need to comment on bigger news of the day.
SCHOOL CHOICE – Late last month, in a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state court may not strike down a school choice program simply because it permits families to choose religious schooling.
It’s a major victory for parents who want to choose the best school for their children, including religious schools, and allows states across the country to enact educational choice programs that give parents maximum educational options, according to Erica Smith, senior attorney for the Institute for Justice.
(Courtesy Matt Slocum/AP)
YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD that Go Fas Racing has entered into a partnership with Patriots of America PAC, a pro-Donald Trump Political Action Committee, for nine races, including the Cup Series at the Brickyard.
Nascar’s Corey Lajoie will be driving the “Trump 2020” car, #32, a Ford Mustang with red, white and blue – naturally – livery and Trump 2020 decals on the hood and side panels.
TIFFANY EASLEY (breitbart)
ANOTHER ‘OOPS’ FOR BIDEN CAMPAIGN – Although a new Joe Biden campaign video features a small business owner who says the Trump administration did nothing to help her during the pandemic, unmentioned is that she received funds through the administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.
“She” is Tiffany Easley, owner of NV My Eyewear in Philadelphia, who received a forgivable $27,000 load during the first phase of the program.
Interestingly, Adam Michael, a senior policy analyst for the Heritage Foundation, noted that Biden’s proposed changes to the tax code would, in fact, hurt Easley’s small business.
THOSE COLLEGE MASCOTS, like team names, have been facing criticism, too. Everyone had a laugh when Scottsdale Community College students voted to adopt the artichoke as their mascot in the mid-70s. Their teams now boast the name “Fighting Artichokes,” and they even have a student who wears a pudgy green foam costume at their games.
(Courtesy Scott.net)
But last week I heard that Emory & Henry College in Virginia is thinking about dropping its mascot, the Wasp. While the college’s mascot is clearly in reference to a wasp – the literal insect – not a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, discussions are being held to determine the impact of this mascot on inclusion and diversity. OMG
It turns out that both of the school’ namesake’s – Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop John Emory and founding father Patrick Henry – were both slave owners. Oh my.
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
