On Feb. 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin played drama king and put Russian nuclear forces on high alert. His war in Ukraine already failing, Vlad added nuclear pucker factor. Translation into emotional propaganda: world beware, or I’ll start Armageddon.

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s triumph was to cut through the hail of idiocy with an implicit reminder that the moral high ground is held, not by those who objectify and thingify, who demonize, marginalize, scapegoat and fearmonger, but by those whose compassion isn’t bound by tribe, those whose hearts dwell with “the least of these,” those who build bridges in place of walls.

Children’s Advocacy Centers offer a multidisciplinary team of professionals who work collaboratively to reduce the impact and trauma that a child and family might experience following a disclosure of abuse.

This is what freedom looks like: If you want to wear a mask, wear one. If you don’t want to wear a mask, don’t wear one.

Ideally, Disney and the Florida legislature work out a renewal of the company’s special district before it is set to expire, and Disney — and other corporations seduced into making themselves de facto left-wing pressure groups — resolves to stick to its core competency and mission.

Historians may marvel at how face masks and scarves became weaponized for political warfare. We may have to live with it, but better manners could smooth the edges.

A man with a guitar stands in the aisle of a crowded plane singing a Christian worship song. While some passengers sing along, others seem annoyed or studiously ignore the commotion. A little boy plugs his ears. It all moved Ilhan Omar, a Muslim born in Somalia, to write: “I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end?”

As a wartime president, Joe Biden has one mission: to stop the aggressor. He doesn’t have the luxury to obsess over rough poll numbers related to inflation. And the culture wars can wait. Right now, the only war that matters is the one directed at defeating Vladimir Putin.

Musk is firmly in the tradition of great American entrepreneurs whose audacious vision, business acumen, and showmanship have made them larger-than-life celebrities. Think Thomas Edison.
They have usually been willing to think for themselves, a quality now in short supply.