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

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Territory (1986).

Classless and cowardly 'til the end.

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

To the editor:

If the Democratic leadership is so fearful of losing their power and has so little faith in the electorate to choose honest leadership over crooked politicians when presented with the truth, possibly they shouldn’t be leaders in this democracy. They might do better in some Third-World country.

Now, they hesitate to act when confronted with a blatantly unethical president who lied and may have even worked with a foreign adversary to gain the White House. They insist on waiting for the “right moment” for impeachment. Big news—it never comes. Good leadership makes the right moment.

“Overreach” is a term that has been used throughout history to warn the poor and anyone else who fought against inequality. The message is always “you will lose what you have if you oppose me.” But throughout history, the results have always been worth the fight.

No one is above the law in a democracy, that’s what we should be constantly striving for. If our leaders can’t support our legal system, they should be voted out of office.

Barbara Snider, Huntington Beach

A caller to the Rush Limbaugh show this afternoon said that John McCain was the Republican Party's Jane Fonda. Limbaugh hemmed and hawed and finally replied that, unlike Fonda, McCain loved his country. This misses the point. The caller's point (I take it) is that McCain was as disloyal to his party as Fonda was to her country. The larger point is that McCain was capable of disloyalty.

Now, it may be that disloyalty to party isn't as bad, morally, as disloyalty to one's country. It may also be that McCain wasn't as disloyal to his party as Fonda was to her country. These are legitimate points. What is not legitimate is distorting the caller's point. The caller neither said nor implied that McCain was disloyal to his country. Indeed, it's entirely possible for a person to be disloyal in one respect, or to one person or entity, and loyal in another respect, or to another person or entity. McCain may well have been loyal to his country but not to his party.

Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2018

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A screen shot from Stage 2 of the Tour of Spain. Click to enlarge.

Freeways (1977).