Forum, May 9: Happy ‘Mom’s Day’?
Published: 5/8/2021 10:00:05 PM
Modified: 5/8/2021 10:00:02 PM
Happy ‘Mom’s Day’?
A young woman tells me she is a single mom. Her tone suggests I should praise her. Instead, I ask myself why she thinks of herself as being a mom. The question perplexes me, and I embark on a mental journey.
As I travel its path, I read that a mom and her children were found safe, and that there is a soccer mom running for office. I hear on the news that a television anchor is to become a mom.
I look for mothers. There is Mother Teresa, and I hear an Irish tenor singing
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When we last checked in on the Mitch McConnell–Donald Trump rift, things had gotten increasingly ugly. After four years of a mutual understanding that working together was in the best interest of their individual quests to amass as much power as possible no matter the cost, the former president and former Senate majority leader had apparently decided that their alliance no longer served a purpose, and that the other one should go to hell. Following his decision to acquit Trump of inciting the January 6 mob, McConnell went on to tell reporters that there was “no question…that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.” That elicited a response from Trump in which he dubbed McConnell “dour, sullen, and unsmiling” and lacking in “political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality,” adding, “He doesn’t have what it takes, never did, and never will.” (An earlier draft reportedly included an aside about the Kentuck
Vanity Fair
In covering a recent Supreme Court decision regarding the fate of a 15-year-old in prison for the murder of a family member Levin was able to ferret out the important aspect of the ruling: that damned Brett Kavanaugh. When looking over the ruling that the life sentence without parole should be upheld Levin sees a contradiction:
Kavanaugh, who said it was absurd to judge him based on who he was in high school, thinks children convicted of crimes should die in prison.
Yes,
finally those heinous charges against the justice brought up at his confirmation come back to cast a dark, dark shadow on his decision. Now sure, small matter that it was a 6-3 decision, meaning had Kavanaugh voted “properly” it would not have changed the result. Also, Kavanaugh never did say that attributed quote.
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Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.20.21
Good Tuesday morning.
Breaking overnight â â
Gov. DeSantis signs online sales tax planâ via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics â DeSantis has signed the online sales tax bill into law, answering the question of whether he would act on the bill or let it roll into law without his John Hancock. An estimated $1 billion in revenue would come from the new enforcement of sales taxes technically already owed on purchases Floridians make from out-of-state sellers, but which few Floridians pay. DeSantis had until midnight to sign or veto the bill into law or else it would have gone into effect without his signature. Lawmakers sent him the bill on April 12. He waited until one hour left in the day Monday to send the alert that he had signed the measure. DeSantis never signaled his support for the plan. If anything, he voiced his opposition.