Across the world today, Christians of every race, tribe, and tongue celebrate the highest of Holy holidays – the resurrection of Jesus. To the unbeliever, it is a foolish notion that someone would die and come to life again — unseen and unheard by them — in a volatile world filled with anguish and ruin.
The American Egg Board is at the ready with – wait for it – thirty thousand eggs donated for the event, fifteen thousand of which will be dyed and transported across the South Lawn of the White House by little kids with spoons in their mouths. (Please don’t ask me how that got started – I haven’t a clue but if you Google it and find out, let me know in our comments section.) And the other fifteen thousand will be boiled and put on a stick. It’ll be an egg pop of sorts.
Anyone who believes First Lady Melania Trump is a push-over better think again. She is a fierce protector of not just her son, but her business reputation as well. Her standing as a professional model was sullied during the bruising 2016 campaign with reports that made her sound as if she had been engaged in less than reputable activities. And Mrs. Trump simply was not going to stand for it. Now she is two for two in her war against those who dare to cross her.
It’s no secret in the world of journalism that prizes are coveted and the corresponding accolades revered. As such the Pulitzer prize is the grand-daddy of them all — the big kahuna of journalism prizes. But it seems that long-established Academy Award of the scribes has gone to hell as well. Woe to the scribes and Pharisees whose whitewashed tombs of journalistic ethics which are summarily gone with the wind.
From 1951 to 1957 television sets across America were tuned into the I love Lucy show. Through tears of laughter, Americans would be treated to Ricky Ricardo asking the same question to his wild and wacky wife Lucy to “splain.” Phrases like “Okay, ‘splain” and “Alright. Start ‘splaining” were common for Ricky to call out Lucy following one of her madcap escapades. For those of us old enough to remember that program it seems a perfect question to ask Susan Rice following her latest fiasco. Ok, Susan, “you got some splainin’ to do.”
There is within each of us a God-sized hole that cannot be filled by any worldly thing or any one. This quest may come in the deep hours of the night or on a lonely afternoon. But each of us desires to know why we are here and what will happen to us when we die.
Somehow the media today sees themselves as above it all. There is an unctuousness and pomposity to their every report as if they are smarter than the average American. Until they realize it wasn’t the Russians – but all those little people in fly-over country – that elected Donald Trump as our 45th President they are doomed to repeat their flagrant violation of their creed as non-partisan arbiters of the news.
Today’s move comes just as the administration primes for its initial sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The face to face meeting between Trump and Jinping is set for Mar-a-Lago tomorrow and Friday.
In a surprising move, it appears that President Donald Trump withdrew Steve Bannon from the National Security Council earlier today.