Prosecuting Trump Is Problematic, Refusing To Is Unthinkable
A reader sent me this, remarking: He’s still here, on duty, guarding the country.
As we’ve all learned over the past six or seven years, we live among tens of millions of amazingly stupid people. And for this reason, the criminal prosecution of the 45th president is going to cause a great deal of commotion among heavily armed morons.
It needs to be said, however, that rule of law, i.e., the concept that no one is above the law, requires that an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States must not be ignored if American democracy is to survive.
We’ve all read novels in which various plots threads with no apparent relationship to one another come together at the conclusion to form a unified and consistent package with no loose ends.
Here’s a gag that could apply at any point in our modern history, but it’s particularly timely now, given our concerns about Merrick Garland and the invisible set of procedures that are supposedly taking place within the walls of the U.S. Department of Justice.
From his Wikipedia page:
John Locke was one of the most influential thinkers of the European Enlightenment, whose works became central to the U.S. Constitution.
A reader asked me to comment on this article featuring the promise of a “hybrid triplane” design that could be put into place by 2030, offering very low-cost intercity travel– “airfares cheaper than rail.” The plane (see artist’s rendering) has a total capacity of 19 passengers.
ExxonMobil posted profits of $5.5 billion in Q2, more than twice that of Q1. Some people are calling for a windfall profits tax that would address the high price of gasoline.
I normally don’t write posts that feature gross generalities like that contained in the meme here, but this was too good to pass up.
American toddlers in the mid-1950s wore “baby shoes” like the pair shown here.
