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

Here is Ann Coulter's latest column.

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For as much as I admire Leonard Pitts Jr.’s usual trenchant insight, I was disappointed to see him become a victim of his own rhetoric in his “Open letter to Sen. Marco Rubio: What is ‘enough?’” (May 3, 13A)

Here, Pitts repeats a question he asked of Rubio earlier: “What is the functional difference between being a bigot and supporting one?” Rubio apparently ignored the question, so Pitts answered for him: “The answer, which you couldn’t bring yourself to give, is that there is none.” So, for all practical purposes, “if you vote for a bigot, then you are a bigot.”

Although I have no doubt that President Donald Trump’s bigotry was a big part of his appeal for many older, white males scared “spitless,” I think Pitts is less than fair to label all of the 63 million Trump voters as bigots.

Resorting to name-calling, the either-or fallacy and the false analogy to Rubio’s own Cuban ethnicity, Pitts equates “no functional difference” to “no difference at all.” He uses the research of two University of Kansas professors to create his own version of an “alternative fact.”

As a result, he appears to shut down the very dialogue in which he himself engages.

James Heiman

Independence

Here are highlights from Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia.

The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake). Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2018

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On May 7, President Donald Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, said that families who illegally cross the border may be separated after their arrest, with children sent to juvenile shelters.

In the 1930s, we children were taught that America was exceptional in its respect for honesty, fairness and sensitivity to the needs of others. As a result, we felt patriotic (and maybe righteous, as well).

There was one stain, however, on American history that could not be ignored or excused. We learned that every aspect of slavery was an abomination. Though we read of shackles, flailing and many other forms of inhumane treatment, there was one phenomenon that this boy sensed was more cruel than all the rest: the separation of family members.

On the same day that Trump’s attorney general announced his policy of family separation, Trump’s first lady announced that her focus during her time in the White House will be “childhood well-being.”

I fear that the first lady faces an up-hill battle.

— Donald G. Westlake, Wheaton

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Here are highlights from Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia.

John Kerry can’t get over the fact that he had his chance and blew it! Stay away from negotiations John, you are hurting your country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 8, 2018

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