WHAT I'M READING

I finished reading "The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader." I'm done with Uncle John for the foreseeable future. Last night, after browsing my way through the AAA tour book for Utah--we're leaving on our Great Western Road Trip a week from this next TUE--I started reading "The Real Custer:  From Boy General to Tragic Hero," by James Robbins. I've read several biographies of him, & I've visited the Little Bighorn Battle Site twice, so I'm not sure what more I can learn about him, but I decided to give it a shot.

CRIMINAL MINDS

"Mother-daughter team accused of murder after botching illegal butt lift operation." msn.com 9/22

MENTAL HEALTH FRIDAY

"Growing number of young suffering from 'climate change anxiety.'" Drudge Report, 9/23

CRIMINAL MINDS

"NYPD:  Stabbing sparked by dispute over amount of sugar in McDonald's coffee." Drudge, 9/23

"DRAMA:  JetBlue passenger restrained with neckties, seat belts, after choking flight attendant." Drudge

OUR STATE OF EDUCATION

"Clowns lurking outside schools to promote speech academy. Horrified parents called police." Drudge, 9/23

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"Restaurant drive-thrus slower & less accurate." Drudge, 9/23

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE CALIFORNIA

"Blue Ribbon Reefer:  CA state fair to award best state-grown marijuana." Drudge, 9/23

IMMIGRATION

"Idiot immigrants enter country legally." Babylon Bee

"Border patrol agents accused of patrolling border." Babylon Bee

COVID

"Both vaccinated? Oregon health officials say you can kiss on dates again." Drudge

SPEAKING OF OREGON

"Oregon legalizes breakthrough treatment:  magic mushrooms." Drudge

TRENDING

"SHOCK:  Family finds unknown woman in mother's clothes in casket." Drudge

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

"Horse-mounted aides with whips chase away journalists trying to ask Biden questions." Babylon Bee

"Kamala Harris demands to speak with whoever was put in charge of border." Babylon Bee

CHARTER SCHOOLS

"Moreover, stories abound of government-run schools in which not one student can read, write, or perform math and/or science at grade-level. Despite Herculean efforts on behalf of the federal government to correct this problem, such as President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind program and President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top, things are actually getting worse, not better.

Fortunately, more Americans are recognizing that government-run schools are not their only option. According to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, “During the 2020-21 school year, charter school enrollment grew 7%, the largest increase in half a decade.” Chris Talgo, Townhall

CANCEL CULTURE

"Six defining characteristics of cancel culture that set it apart from criticism & debate:

1. Punitiveness. Cancellers seek to punish. If you are criticized, you might lose an argument. If you are cancelled, you might lose your job.

2. Deplatforming. Cancellation is often an organized effort, bringing in groups & individuals to research other transgressions from the target's past & to exert pressure against him.

3. Secondary boycotts. Cancellers do not stop with an individual offender. They also threaten the target's place of employment, sponsors, & associates, unless they "do something about him."

4. Moral grandstanding. Cancellers project a tone of moral outrage & demonize their targets.

5. Truthiness. Canceller are willing to assert inaccurate information & distortions, even after that information has been shown to be untrue.

"This is rampant, even though 2/3 of Americans from across the political & religious spectrum oppose it, with a majority feeling cowed into submission. Even if the government will not infringe on your religious liberty, other people may. Christians should prepare themselves for cancellation." Gene Veith, The Lutheran Witness, May 2021