Valediction

I’m not in the least religious. I don’t believe God intercedes in what transpires on planet Earth. I think prayer falls on deaf ears. But I believe in free speech. This excerpt from an article at newsmax.com, edited by yours truly, brought a smile to my face: A Michigan high school valedictorian was told by her principal to scrub all references to God from her graduation address. That decision was reversed by the superintendent’s office. Kudos. Maybe the principal can do with a little scrubbing.

Reminder to anyone expecting an end to the madness of political correctness, headline from foxnews.com: “Virginia teacher placed on leave after speech disputing ‘biological boy can be a girl and vice versa.’” And here’s another, excerpt from an article by Houston Keene: “… Rutgers University-New Brunswick chancellor Christopher Molloy and provost Francine Conway sent an email to the student body condemning the recent rise in anti-Semitism (in) America.” The next day each apologized in separate emails because “…the message failed to communicate support for our Palestinian community members…”

Also from FN, article by Kayla Rivas: “A new study suggests there were a record 1.1 billion smokers worldwide in 2019…” It’s due largely to population growth.

Snippet from an article by Marisa Schultz at foxbusines.com: “The U.S. still needs to add about 8 million more jobs to reach pre-pandemic levels.”

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky brought some show and tell to Congress this morning to highlight wasteful spending. Here’s an example, photo from foxnews.com:

Despite tough conditions, it was a successful session for the floating book shop. The stiff wind was in my face the entire time and kept getting stronger. My thanks to Steve, the poet laureate of Sheepshead Bay, who surprised me by buying about 15 early Doo Wop CDs. He’s younger than me and has taught courses on opera at the New School. My thanks also to the burly gentleman who bought two of said and Hang ’em High (1968) on DVD; and to Wolf, who took home a Star Wars pictorial; and to the gentleman who said he loved old books and jumped on an illustrated tome of ancient history and two books in Russian; and to the woman who selected Victims by Jonathan Kellerman and The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman; and to Nadine, who opted for The Drifters by James Michener and another paperback whose title escapes me; and to the woman who dropped off three mysteries, and to the one who delivered a huge cache that contained pictorials and classics, which filled a need.

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