WAPO Headlines:
1. WAPO: The worst stereotype of the GOP is coming to life in the form of Donald Trump - Michael Gerson Yet another tirade against the GOP front runner to pave the way to a Hilary victory. Attacks abortion. It turns out that Trump wants to punish women, not as he said, under current Federal Law, if Roe b Wade is eliminated, there would be such punishments. Trump definitely screwed up the answer, because he is not a politician, because he accepts what if questions, because he is transparent. So if transparency and answering all questions is not preferable to the opacity and the careful crafting of answers before hand shown by Hilary, Obama, and indeed all "politicians" then you want a politician, and his $$$ backers as president. Not what I want at least.
Gerson then lies on Trumps other plans. Not worth getting into. The idea is: WHEN DEALING WITH A NON POLITICIAN WHO ANSWERS QUESTIONS, DESTROY HIM FOR LACK OF GRAMMAR, TAKE HIS POINTS TO ALL POSSIBLE EXTREMES, AND NEVER UNDERSTAND HIM, OR TRY TO.
This is great for all pundits, but it is beneath those who believe human beings should be transparent, tell us what they think, and let us evaluate them as humans, not caricatures.
2. Why is America ignoring 23 million ex cons by Eberstadt. Point? We are ignoring our oppressed minorities, 12M ilegal aliens and 23M ex cons who cycle through our prisons. As usual, Nicholas phrases it as: "a higher share of its populace in jail or prison than virtually any other country" instead of "why aren't other countries applying their laws with the efficacy of the US?" or "Why do so many people in the US commit crimes" or even "Do we criminalize too much behavior?" Somehow numbers are more important than reasons. Funny, peculiar, and totally PC.
In my tweeting I came across this item about Iran's interest and interference with Africa:
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