I’m glad to have the perspective of youth and older age. A happy medium. Middle of the road. A gradually graying guy wearing that old COOT shirt.
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Clarence Page: A ‘woke’ military? Don’t forget the messy race relations that got us here
As I see today’s generation of congressional Republicans wage their seemingly endless war against the “woke,” I cannot help but wonder: Do these folks have any idea of how turbulent the issue of military diversity used to be?
Rich Lowry: Mutually assured re-nomination
Trump and his enemies may despise one other, but they are working toward the same immediate outcome, i.e., a high-stakes, hate-filled, Third World-ish Trump-Biden rematch with the possibility of jail for one of the contenders if he loses and intense prosecutorial scrutiny for the other if he comes up short.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Culture wars revisit Nashville
Country music is at another crossroad. It can point its art and its fans forward or backward.
Froma Harrop: It’s the economy, Joe, and only the economy
Democrats should not be sinking into the Republicans’ culture war traps. Yet they feel obligated to spend so much of their airtime countering transparently dumb talking points, be it on race or on gender.
Cal Thomas: Tony Bennett: More than a ‘crooner’
While many singers have nice voices, not all can interpret songs the way Tony did. His talent and material spanned several generations.
If you never got sick from COVID, thank your genes
The researchers found that people who carried one copy of a version of a gene called HLA-B*15:01 were more than twice as likely to remain asymptomatic after being infected with COVID.
Rich Lowry: The military doesn’t need diversity, equity and inclusion
The U.S. military has been a model for decades of how to build a racially diverse institution that is united by common purpose and standards. That doesn’t mean it is perfect — nothing is — but it was notably diverse long before anyone thought it needed diversity, equity and inclusion training.
Clarence Page: Clarence Thomas’ American Dream — with a little help from his friends
Thomas was fortunate enough to be invited into the Association of Distinguished Americans and given proximity to what The New York Times calls “a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege.”
Chris Caiazzo: No plan means Pine Tree Power could hurt Maine people
Just like a bank would want to see a business plan before approving a loan, or a contractor would want to see a plan before building a home, we should demand to see a plan before we make the choice to support or oppose Pine Tree Power.