Justaposition of the day.
From the "Winners" column of The Journal Gazette's "Weekly scorecard" on Saturday:
Voters: A federal appeals court strikes down Texas’ tough voter ID law, ruling it puts “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor.” The court said the Texas law is tougher than Indiana’s, which the Supreme Court upheld.
If that chart doesn't scare you, I don't know what will. Just to spell it out:
Call me a sentimental slob and a sucker for romantic tripe, but this got to me, too:
The only real coup came with its surprise tear-jerking moment, when Romney related a heretofore-unknown story about his father putting a rose on his mother’s pillow every day — and told how his mother realized his father had died on the only day in their 64 years of marriage that the rose was not there.
Under the headline "Voters, are you bluffing?" George Will raises a valid and troubling point:
I think it's about to be a lot of fun to be a screwup student in New York City but there are tough times ahead for serious students who might actually want to learn something. The school system is easing its discipline code so that smoking, cursing and cutting classes will no longer result in a suspension. This is just fine with "education law specialist" Nelson Mar, who says the adjustments will be a "great first step" in changing school culture.
Veep nominee Paul Ryan gave the rousing speech that was expected of him last night. This is a pretty good assessment:
I watched both big GOP Convention speeches last night -- Ann Romney followed by Chris Christie -- and I'm not sure I totally agree with this assessment:
Heck of a tribute to celebrate the life of Neil Armstrong:
Nobody knows where the next astronauts on the moon will come from. But I expect there is a good chance that they will be Chinese," said Morris Jones, an Australian space expert.
"China's space programme is moving steadily forward. If they continue at this pace, they will develop the capability to reach the moon around 2030."
More Americans rely on their families for assistance than the government, so federal officials have undertaken an effort to help people to apply for federal assistance.
