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

Our son was brown. We adopted him in Peru, and we lost him in service to the U.S. Air Force. President Donald Trump’s obsession to wall-off families of brown people, rip apart those families and imprison them—parents and children alike—is personal with us.

Many of those asylum-seekers will never see their loved ones again. It is as if the parents have lost their children through death. We know what that is like. This is a cruel, racist, criminal policy designed to discourage legal immigration. Trump’s policy has resulted in widespread, lifelong grief for countless children and their parents.

Russ Nichols, Clinton

Senate Democrats just voted against legislation to prevent the killing of newborn infant children. The Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2019

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….This will be remembered as one of the most shocking votes in the history of Congress. If there is one thing we should all agree on, it’s protecting the lives of innocent babies.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2019

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Idlewild South (1970). A Dickey Betts composition.

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy sees “it as an honor” for the team to be invited to the White House (“This visit awkward to say least,” Dan Shaughnessy, Sports, Feb. 17). Apparently, and understandably, most players of color on the Red Sox don’t feel that way about an opportunity to shake hands with an openly and unabashedly racist president. So they’re not going. Good for them.

But what does it say about the Red Sox that the team ownership and all the white players are going? What happened to solidarity and empathy and having one’s teammates’ backs? Is this yet another chapter in the long and deplorable history of racism around the Red Sox? Will this be a factor when current Sox players of color decide whether to re-sign with Boston?

Dave Slaney

Cambridge

Note from KBJ: Calling someone a racist these days is nothing more (or less) than screaming, “I hate you!” The word has no descriptive meaning. It is pure emotion. I hope you feel better, Dave.

Former Senator Harry Reid (he got thrown out) is working hard to put a good spin on his failed career. He led through lies and deception, only to be replaced by another beauty, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer. Some things just never change!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2019

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Here is an interesting essay by John McWhorter.

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