It is rare that U.S. Department of Defense officials, blinded by their zealous pursuit of the latest variant of U.S. military diversity policy, reveal that policy’s intellectual vacuousness.
“It is easier to build strong children than to heal broken men,” Frederick Douglass once said. Douglass spoke of a generation living in the 1800s, but the same seems to ring true today. Oprah, Christian radio, media outlets, and more all appear to have something to say about childhood trauma. Although the idea is sadly nothing new.
Several dozen people on Martha's Vineyard have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 days after Barack and Michelle Obama hosted a massive birthday bash for the former president there, a celebration which occurred amid a spike in COVID cases throughout Massachusetts and nationwide.
If one were to go only on what one reads or sees in the media, one would think it’s the spring of 2020 all over again. The headlines are filled with stories of overcrowded hospitals, overwhelmed medical personnel, and predictions of people dying in parking lots waiting for medical care. The news articles generally quote a staffer of some kind at various hospitals and then leave it at that.
There is growing sentiment inside Trump circles that the former president’s supporters want him to run again — and that he is eager to accept the challenge.