Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007).

Many of us feed the birds in the winter but neglect to do so in the summer. Seeds won’t be plentiful until September or so. Consequently, the birds really have to hunt during the hot weather.

With the ground hard as a rock, worm-eating birds struggle for food. I put raisins out for these birds, and they gobble them up.

Then there are the mother birds with four or more additional mouths to feed, while temperatures are in the 90s.

And no, I don’t own a bird store.

Kaaren M. Jones

Kansas City

Does the study of philosophy improve thinking, as many departments of philosophy claim? See here.

President @EmmanuelMacron,
Thank you for inviting Melania and myself to such a historic celebration in France. #BastilleDay #14juillet pic.twitter.com/KZjJQOo0H1

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2017

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The Hurting (1983).

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Here are highlights from Stage 13 of the Tour de France.

Here is George Neumayr's latest column.

This columnist nails it. Moral purity, moral preening, and taking the high road are fine in theory, but counterproductive in practice. Politics is war by another means. Donald Trump understands this. It's why so many of us voted for him. Here are three scenarios:

1. Both progressives and conservatives take the high road.
2. Progressives take the high road, but conservatives fight with brass knuckles.
3. Conservatives take the high road, but progressives fight with brass knuckles.

I rank them 2 > 1 > 3. Progressives rank them 3 > 1 > 2. Never Trumpers (i.e., moral purists) rank them 1 > 3 > 2.