You've Got to Be Kidding?

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL) ran an opinion piece written by Melissa Radovich this past weekend, in which her headline read “Attacking Proud Boys Does a Disservice to Caring School Parents.”   She further explained that “When I think about the Proud Boys, I think of fathers, business owners, and veterans.”   The op-ed drew so much heavy criticism nationally, that the paper was eventually forced to pull the op-ed.   Interestingly, what the paper failed to mention even in their retraction, is that this op-ed piece’s author Melissa Radovich, isn’t just some soccer mom trying to be fair-minded - she’s also married to one of the Proud Boys. Now, I have to admit when I first read this, I thought “Gee, does Mar-a-Lago have a newspaper?”  But then I realized it was actually a Sarasota paper.  Now obviously the way Ms. Radovich portrays the Proud Boys is quite controversial for many, but I fully understand what she means.  Why, it’s just like saying “I might ha...

D uring an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin said teachers’ lessons about fascism and Nazism need to be “impartial.”   Sen. Baldwin, who co-wrote the bill, added that “I have no problem with the education system providing instruction on the existence of those ‘isms,’ ” but “I believe that we’ve gone too far when we take a position.   We need to be impartial.” Now, in all fairness, Sen. Baldwin said the point of his bill, is to allow students to “formulate their own viewpoints.”  Well, then, in that same spirit - I would assume the good senator would have no problem with kids forming their own “viewpoints” about folks like, say - Jeffrey Dahmer .  After all, we must remain impartial, and I’m sure there must be people out there somewhere, who feel deeply that Dahmer was simply a misunderstood, avant - garde, gourmet chef - and children need to be aware tha...