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My thought for today --S/f, EFP

Trump signed an executive order designating Antifa a terrorist organization. Antifa is an anti-fascist organization. Does that mean fascism is okay now? --S/f, EFP

My current News & Advance column --S/f, EFP

 

My thought for today

 Mark Twain is credited with saying that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” 

It was the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, that created the climate for Hitler to suppress civil liberties and seize total control of Germany. The assassination of Charlie Kirk now has the Trump administration threatening to crackdown on “a left-wing network that funds and incites violence.” (New York Times, Sept. 15, 2025) I know of no such network. Do you?

I fear history is indeed rhyming. Trump’s own “enabling act” would seem to be in the offing. –S/f, EFP

My current News & Advance and Kitsap Sun column

 

My thought for today

Along with decent Americans everywhere, I condemn the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But he went on record as saying, “It’s worth the cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” He called it a “prudent deal.” How ironic that he should fall victim to the “prudent deal” he espoused. Be that as it may, President Trump should be pleading for calm and otherwise trying to turn down the temperature. But he is not. He is fanning the flames. 

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 I know the preferred spelling is "just deserts." The editor doesn't. Heavy sigh! --S/f, EFP