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

This is the funniest thing I've read in many months (maybe years). I have tears streaming down my cheeks. (Thanks to Mark Spahn for the link.)

Billy Idol (1982). Billy Idol’s soft(er) side.

Here are the final 14 kilometers of today's Tour of Flanders (the 100th edition). Incredible footage.

Addendum: Peter Sagan, the winner of today's race, covered the 158.4 miles in 6:10:37, which is an average speed of 25.65 miles per hour. Ten years ago today, the winner of the race was Tom Boonen, who covered 160.9 miles at an average speed of 25.11 miles per hour. Today, Boonen finished 15th, exactly one minute behind Sagan.

Addendum 2: There were 199 riders at the start of the race. Only 118 finished the race. Two of the starters—Taylor Phinney and Tyler Farrar—were Americans. Phinney finished 61st and Farrar 117th (next to last of those who finished). This is not a good time for American cycling.

To the editor:

Trump stated that if abortion is illegal then women getting an abortion will have to face a punishment.

This was the “politically incorrect” answer but is the logical answer. If a person violates a law, without a punishment, the law will be ignored. Trump was just not familiar with the artful response created by the anti-abortion lobby. Trump later changed his position to the acceptable response that the person performing the abortion will be punished, not the woman.

This structured response is an attempt to make abortion illegal and still get women to vote for the ban and those who support the ban.

Norwood Price, Burbank

Robert P. George, whom I admire, has gone off the rails in his criticism of Donald Trump. George says that no conservative wants to punish women for having abortions, but he admits that the goal of the pro-life movement is to overrule Roe v. Wade. Does he not realize that if Roe v. Wade is overruled, states may do as they please regarding abortion, including enact laws that punish women? And what's wrong with punishing women, anyway? If abortion is murder, as George and others believe it is, then (1) a woman who kills her own fetus is a murderer and (2) a woman who contracts to have her fetus killed is an accomplice to murder. Is George advocating that some murderers not be punished?

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Freedom at Point Zero (1979). This song has a wonderful beginning, with bass guitar and hi-hat cymbals.

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Ted Cruz, Washington insider.