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The tragic events of the last two weeks in Washington have been heartbreaking to watch. Having worked as a congressional staff assistant back in 1972, I know first-hand the majesty and symbolism of the U.S. Capitol.
It’s not hyperbole when I say I felt sick to my stomach watching legions of rioters storm the same hallways I used to walk decades ago. So, my question now is where do we go from here?
Certainly it’s not where sports writer Jason Whitlock wants. In a recent article republished in the Blaze, he compared the Jan. 6 insurgents to college students conducting an old fashioned panty raid. He supported his theory by saying the rioters were “unarmed and mostly peaceful” and that they only “shoved furniture out of place and shattered a window or two.”
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Regarding a restaurant’s email declaring its plans to reopen outside dining, citing “freedom of choice”:
Is it OK if I smoke amid the people there? Or, maybe yell “fire!” just for the fun of it?
Freedom of choice and all that.
Your current application of freedom of choice against COVID-19 restrictions alarms me. It is specifically contrary to the efforts of the state of California to keep us alive and not in the hospital. I believe restaurants are the highest locations of contagion, right up there with places of worship.
I was alarmed enough when your outside dining seemed full on Thanksgiving as my expectation was that it would be at reduced capacity relative to the guidelines in place at the time. Seems to me that the compliance you offer shouldn’t mean with just