Trump Worsens Racial Tensions
It was only a matter of time before Trump’s compulsion for self-aggrandizement drove him to do something that severely chafed even right-wing sensibilities, and fanning the flames of tension between blacks and whites was an example of exactly what we should have been expecting.
Now we have the country’s top law enforcement officials scrambling to control the damage, with directions to the president like the one given yesterday by Houston’s Chief of Police: “On behalf of the police chiefs in this country, if you don’t have anything constructive to say, keep your mouth shut.”
Though I hate to predict bad things, I’m afraid we need to look for this to worsen as Trump’s star falls further and his defeat in November becomes increasing certain. He’ll be doing things that would disturb even a Stephen King reader.
In our rural, God-and-country neighborhood, displaying this banner would be very likely to incite vandalism.
FWIW, this is what public intellectual Sam Harris says about atheism. He asserts that there is no reason even to have a name for it, asking: Is there a word for people who don’t believe in Zeus?
Ari Berman is an extremely senior journalist and author, best known for his reporting on challenges to voting rights in the U.S.
An open letter from former Defense Secretary James Mattis: 
Here’s a home elevator that its creators say is “Powered by the Most Abundant Resource in the World… AIR!”
I’m going to be 65 in a month, and I’m just now learning that U.S. policemen can use deadly force even if another tack could have been effective in disabling a suspect. That’s part of the reason black people are getting shot; there is no imperative to use a taser (or whatever) when it would clearly have gotten the job done.
Most people are good, and do the right thing whenever possible.
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