Notable Events. 6 May 1882: President Arthur signed Chinese Exclsion Act. 1935: New Deal’s WPA began. 1937: Hindenburg caught fire in NJ. 1942: U.S. forces on Corregidor surrendered to Japan — afters Gen. MacArthur was evacuated by submarine.1954: R. Banister ran first sub4-minute mile (3:59.4). 2004: President G.W. Bush apologized for Iraqi prisoner abuse. 2010: computer glitch tumbled DOW nearly 1000. 2023: King Charles III crowned in Westminster.
1968 : anti-Vietnam : campus unrest : Dem convention in Chicago :: 2024 : Gaza : campus unrest : Dem convention in Chicago. It seems likely that DJT will resurrect RMN’s 1968 “law and order” strategy.
Freedom vs unfreedom. Economics emeritus and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz held that Covid-19 masking, especially around those most vulnerable, was a case where this principle might be well applied. “Freedom is an important value that we do and ought to cherish, but it is more complex and more nuanced than the Right’s invocation.”
He also examines this principle with the 2nd Amendment: the right to bear arms (what sort) vs. the individual’s more fundamental right — to life.
SCOTUS. Will the now conservative Court with its supposedly originalist thinkers disregard the true limited nature of the18th century’s 2nd Amendment?
Thomas Friedman on the Middle East. “To put it bluntly, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has put his country’s worst religious extremists in jail, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put his country’s worst religious extremists in his cabinet.” NYT
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