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

Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God. #MLKDay https://t.co/pEaVpCB8M4

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2019

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Yesterday evening, at the Magnolia Theatre in Dallas, Katherine and I watched Mary Queen of Scots (2018). I recently purchased the book on which the movie is based. It's quite long, and I have other things to read, so I'll set it aside until summer. Katherine and I have been to Scotland twice, in 2016 and again in 2018, and enjoyed it very much. I've read two histories of Scotland and am now ready to read about particular figures such as Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, King Edward, and Mary Stuart. The movie was well done, though some of the dialogue was difficult to comprehend because of the accents and the speed with which it was delivered. The scenery was gorgeous. I'm glad that the violence wasn't graphic. If you're interested in Scottish history, you'll want to catch this movie.

Here is the trailer.

Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as president two years ago today, on 20 January 2017. (Click the image to enlarge it.) For the first time in my life, I wholeheartedly support my president.

President Donald Trump’s obsession with our southern border is because he made the wall his principal major political issue in getting elected. On countless occasions, before and after his election, he promised it would be built and amazingly made the ridiculous claim that Mexico would pay for it.

As a consequence, we now are in a horrendously harmful and needless government shutdown, all because Mr. Trump desperately needs a wall victory so as to appease and maintain the core supporters of his political base. He knows that, without them, he has little political future.

The plain truth is that we have four borders: Mexico, Canada, the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The easily accessible public records covering our many years of struggling with illegal imports and illegal immigrants clearly show that most illegal activities involve the ports on these ocean borders. This evidence shows that if a wall was made to totally block our Mexican border, it would hardly make a dent in the illegal traffic coming into our nation.

Our only national emergency today is having a president who is willing to do anything possible to ensure his own political survival, willing even to affect more than 800,000 federal employees with a shutdown.

William McCarthy

West Mifflin

Wow, just heard that my poll numbers with Hispanics has gone up 19%, to 50%. That is because they know the Border issue better than anyone, and they want Security, which can only be gotten with a Wall.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2019

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