Two things happened yesterday that - I believe - show the fundamental rift between large segments of America. They were the bomb scares in NY and Los Angeles, and the RNC debates on CNN.

The reaction to the bomb threats was most telling. In Los Angeles, every school was closed, while they mobilized thousands of personnel to inspect schools and buses. In NY, they consulted with the federal government and concluded that it was a hoax. In Los Angeles, they assumed there was a threat, reacted in fear "just in case". In NY, they analyzed the data, and concluded that there was nothing to fear.
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19 comments (Latest Comment: 12/14/2015 22:57:31 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

Well, just about a week ago now, President Obama tried to channel President Roosevelt by having essentially a 'fireside chat' about our enemy of the week. But he unintentionally caused a little bit of a stir by referring to them as "ISIL".

They've gone by many names and acronyms since their inception...Islamic State, IS, ISIS, ISIL, and now the increasingly popular DAESH.
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When we first heard that a Planned Parenthood clinic was attacked in Colorado Springs, resulting in the deaths of three people, abortion opponents tried to convince the world that this was a bank robbery gone bad.
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14 comments (Latest Comment: 12/10/2015 20:30:54 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

I've got an awful lot of ground to cover today...but I suppose that you may have actually heard of most of it this week - a lot has been in the news recently.

But we'll start on the home front, right here in Waltham. This Saturday, there is a funeral procession through town for Sergeant Robert Dakin. Mr. Dakin's remains have spent the last 65 years MIA in Korea; he was recently recovered and is coming home. As your citywide Scouting coordinator, I was asked to get all the scouts in town to turn out and line the route. Unfortunately, I can't attend myself...but we've got a good commitment from all the units I'm associated with.
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