Tidewater News and Opinion Forum
A place for civil discussion of the events of the day for Tidewater residents without the limitations imposed by media forums.
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_a8380cb0-3ee3-11e9-b81f-db90f913bc86.html
“Further legislation on all levels is necessary to bring about a more equitable society with opportunity for all toward a more perfect union.
“We need better tools to fight the scourge and resurgence of all forms of hatred, bigotry and discrimination. Democracies are at risk of backsliding, as was the case in Germany, and require eternal vigilance.”
The headline invites charges of hypocrisy and, possibly, charges of corruption. I doubt either is the case.
Instead, I think the advisory board made the right decision because the best thing to do about racial tensions of the past is to let memories fade. I’m confident EVMS can thread the needle right between being “woke” and being fanatical.
https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2019/3/4/sex-trafficking-and-the-border
A prominent blind spot among many contemporary students of slavery is the fact there is vastly more slavery in the world today than at any other time in history. True, the human population is vastly larger, too, in raw numbers. But even so…
“We’re announcing tonight that undocumented folks will be eligible to receive driver’s licenses and ID cards. This makes our roads and our communities safer, and helps strengthen our economy and Wisconsin families.”
https://gizadeathstar.com/2019/03/a-surge-in-one-hundred-dollar-bills/
Expansion of the supply of $100 dollar bills in circulation has been well reported in mainstream sources lately. This offbeat commentary is more entertaining.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/deep-state-nothing-new-american-politics/
A little perspective from a classicist professor.
Is it really true the Supreme Court might support refusal to comply with a Congressional subpeona? Where the subpeona represents an abuse of power, I sure hope so.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/dancing-on-a-powder-keg/
Sarah Hoyt’s passionate tone is a bit over the top for my tastes, but she ably captures the thesis of frustration I see among the self-described patriots I surf among on the Web. At least, I agree that contemporary liberals and progressives really don’t comprehend the people they’re dealing with.
My own way of framing the matter is more modest. Triumphs of theory over practicality are far too common on the Left.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/tuesday-links-50/
Debby Witt usefully remembers that today is the anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech. To save a hop, here’s a video that features the speech (about 7 mins.):
But you may find somthing else equally compelling among the topics of Witt’s other links today: French fry power rankings, the invention of bubble wrap, a posthumous Dr. Seuss book, how California got its name (black history), personalities that humans and their pets share.
https://adversariapodcast.com/2019/02/26/transcript-for-yoram-hazony-the-virtue-of-nationalism/
As the concept of nationalism is much discussed these days, there may be some interest in contemporary works which seek to define and understand the term. One such is The Virtue of Nationalism, by Yoram Hazony (2018), an Israeli philosopher, Bible scholar and political theorist.
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