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When I use the term “reverse racism,” the implication is that all racism is whites against minorities, especially against Blacks. I find that rather indicative of where we’re at as a society — blame whitey for everything. I bring this up because of a recent incident involving Caitlin Clark, a white professional basketball player, being slugged in the throat by a black player during a televised WNBA game. At the time, no foul was called on the offending player, Alyssa Thomas. Later, however, Thomas was suspended one game after a video review of her inexplicable action (inexplicable except for reverse, or Black, racism). Also, if you look up the legal definition of assault, Thomas easily qualifies. Her action was certainly not a basketball move gone awry or overboard. It appeared to be absolutely deliberate. Since entering the league in 2024, Clark has been subject to numerous similar, but perhaps not nearly as egregious, incidents. Recall how, before joining the WNBA, Clark broke the lifetime college basketball scoring record held by a man, Pete Maravich, who went on to become an NBA legend himself. Did her success spell resentment among other players? When Clark entered the WNBA — perhaps as the

The phrase, “separation of church and state,” has always been treated by liberals and their cohorts in the media as a sort of Constitutional gospel, but the phrase never appears in the U.S. Constitution. What the Constitution says in the First Amendment is that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…. ” In other words, there can be no national religion and people are free to choose whatever religion they like. The phrase about “separation of church and state” is derived from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s third president. It does not appear in the Constitution. Instead, Jefferson’s 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association describes the First Amendment as building a “wall of separation between Church & State.” That Jeffersonian phrase is essential to what President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission determined in finalizing its report, which was presented to Trump today. The report talks about building “bridges, not walls, between the City of God and the City of Man.” It concludes that a wall indeed has been built because of authoritarian abuse of the Jefferson-derived phrase. The report contains 12 recommendations, one

Calvin Coolidge became the nation’s 30th president in 1923 upon the death of Warren G. Harding. He served until 1929, having been elected once on his own but refusing to run again in 1928. He was known as Silent Cal, though that is not an entirely accurate description. Coolidge mastered the use of the radio to bring his message to the American public, and his message was one of laissez-faire capitalism. Ronald Reagan, our 40th chief executive, loved Silent Cal, who set the stage for Reagan’s tax cuts with his own round of right-sizing both the federal budget and the nation’s tax burden. Unfortunately, Coolidge has been blamed for the Great Depression, which ensued seven months after he left office. Those accusing him of causing it cite his refusal to regulate Wall Street. The causes, of course, run deeper than that. There was also a depression in 1920 equally as drastic as the Great One, but no one interfered with interest rates and social programs, and the economic turmoil subsided quickly through natural forces. My point: After being lambasted daily by Donald Trump’s incessant banter — most of it just made-up “facts” to suit his domestic and international programs —