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

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Sails (1987).

Here are highlights from today's stage of the Giro d'Italia.

This column by Dennis Prager is worth a few minutes of your time (in my opinion). If you stay home on election day and Hillary Clinton is elected president, I will blame you personally, even if your vote didn't make the difference. You do not want to incur my wrath.

Addendum: Here are two paragraphs from Prager's column (italics in original):

The most moving interview of my 33 years in radio was with Irene Opdyke, a Polish Catholic woman. Opdyke became the mistress of a married Nazi officer in order to save the lives of 12 Jews. She hid them in the cellar of the officer's house in Warsaw. There were some Christians who called my show to say that Opdyke's actions were wrong, that she had in fact sinned because she knowingly committed a mortal sin. In their view, she compromised Catholic/Christian doctrine.

In my view—and, I believe, the view of most Catholics and other Christians—she brought glory to her God and her faith. Why? Because circumstances almost always determine what is moral, even for religious people like myself who believe in moral absolutes. That's why the act of dropping atom bombs on Japan was moral. The circumstances (ending a war that would otherwise continue taking millions of lives) made moral what under other circumstances would be immoral.

It's shocking that this man doesn't understand the nature of a moral absolute. What he is espousing is situational ethics!

How crazy is this? On 6 June 1986, when I was a poor graduate student at the University of Arizona, I purchased J. D. Mackie's book, A History of Scotland (1964; 2d ed. 1978), perhaps through the Book of the Month Club. I bought it, as I recall, because I had always been interested in Scotland and hoped one day to visit the country. The book sat on my shelf, untouched, for almost 30 years. The other day, in anticipation of my trip to Scotland with dear Katherine, I pulled it off the shelf and began reading. Today, 13 days shy of 30 years after purchasing the book, I finished it (all 414 pages). I enjoyed the book very much and learned a lot, but was surprised and dismayed by the long history of violence in Scotland, some of it appalling in its brutality and much of it religiously motivated. I hope things have calmed down! (Images to come.)

Addendum: Here is the Wikipedia entry on Scotland.

To the Editor:

Re “Block the Sale of Warplanes to Nigeria” (editorial, May 18):

As the National Rifle Association and the gun manufacturers are to the United States, the United States is to the world. Can we not stop selling death to other countries, whether democratic or not?

And how can we hope for a less violent America when America peddles weapons across the planet?

ALEXANDRA MOFFAT

Orford, N.H.

Note from KBJ: I agree completely with this letter. It should be illegal for anyone in the United States (including the government) to sell a weapon to a foreigner (including foreign governments). There are people in this country who are getting rich on destruction.

An iconic display in Pinconning, Michigan.

The "our" in this title refers to progressives. I would advise them to practice saying "President Trump."