https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letd-0830-20190830-v5quy4mj75corn6p7krl6ls3bq-story.html

The writer suggests that profit kills.

Continue reading “Pilot Letter: Profit at play with guns” →

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-farmers-union-roger-johnson-trump-trade-war-china_n_5d68b124e4b0488c0d122b1c

National Farmers Union represents 200,000 farms in 33 states and they are not happy with Trump.

Continue reading “Trade war impact on farmers is serious” →

Click to access o1902.pdf

Link posted for convenience. This is one of several DOJ reports many have been waiting for.

As I will be out of town and “off the grid” for a few days, I just want to wish the forum a safe and happy holiday weekend. I hope everyone makes it back to start bantering back and forth on Tuesday…

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27484719/no-distractions-nfl-veteran-opens-sexuality

With pro football season starting in a week, I found this an interesting piece. Something a little different than our usual discussions. If anyone is put off by this post, my apologies. I just thought is was important … and different.

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letg-0829-20190829-l77djjj4evbn5ftfnpa52gn6ca-story.html

The writer is happy to see the Pilot’s comments feature disappear.

Continue reading “Pilot Letter: Doomed by poor behavior” →

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letd-0829-20190829-gxyqv7dkhbertnvgzgy6mfeqda-story.html

The writer laments over the prevalence of low tech in recommended school supplies lists.

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https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/how-slavery-shaped-american-capitalism

Another perspective on the topic du jour: It appears slavery’s influence lies not in crop yields, but as the socio-political backdrop of the framing of the Constitution.

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letc-0829-20190829-ahpvdnpogze6jdnj2eb7fbc3pe https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letb-0829-20190829-jlnt7rabdfb4ta46xwujkklmna-story.html

Two letters today claiming Mon and Tues editorial cartoons were anti-semitic

I looked at both of these closely and this is the take of a Jewish guy.

The one of Bernie coming out of the cornfield does not fall under the category indicated by the letter writer. It is a shot at Bernie, who even some Jews consider to be a “schmo”. Also, seems like the writer never saw Field of Dreams. It is a criticism of Bernie Sanders and his policies. If he didn’t identify as Jewish, the letter never would have been written

The caged representatives is a shot at Trump and Bibi. And while the representatives in question are anti-Israeli government, I do not believe they are anti-semitic. I have said repeatedly that anti-Israeli government does NOT equate to anti-semitism. Many American Jews do not approve of the Netanyahu government and the hard right turn it has taken. Trump’s covert shots about Jews is more damning than what they have said.

All of course, is only MHO.

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-leta-0829-20190829-tunuyfzlpngyzmulw3vaka7w6i-story.html

I really wish people would stop framing the issue this way. I have no doubt the author means well, but people who do not mean well will take this in a Malthusian direction. You’re ceding the premise of the neo-fascists.