Among the rest of the BS in pardoning Hunter, the thing that annoys me is how one barely realizes in the coverage that that man is in his mid-50's - not a "child" (i.e., Amy, Chelsea, Barron during their fathers' first terms) that it is not fair to attack; in other words just a few years younger than myself, and so why is he playing the victim behind daddy's coattails? Grow up already, jerk, is what I say to myself when I read the coverage. And I have always thought that the very worst judge of a criminal is always the parent "he was such a sweet, thoughtful son, he could never have done such a thing!", so it strikes me as media malpractice to put parents on the spot when an atrocity happens; but of course in this case the principal parties were all in the deals together as a family business, so it is even more annoying to hear people trying to justify Biden Sr. trying to justify pardoning Biden Jr. and make it about some cloying father-son love. Blah.
Your comments on college athletics really struck a sore point with me. My father-in-law, when he was a UCLA professor, acknowledged that one common justification for college athletics was school income. At the University of California the money goes to the state and the athletic programs suck up jobs and scholarships that could have gone to scholarly students. This would seem to be a negative contribution to learning. I wonder even with private colleges like USC do athletics impact learning?
Among the rest of the BS in pardoning Hunter, the thing that annoys me is how one barely realizes in the coverage that that man is in his mid-50's - not a "child" (i.e., Amy, Chelsea, Barron during their fathers' first terms) that it is not fair to attack; in other words just a few years younger than myself, and so why is he playing the victim behind daddy's coattails? Grow up already, jerk, is what I say to myself when I read the coverage. And I have always thought that the very worst judge of a criminal is always the parent "he was such a sweet, thoughtful son, he could never have done such a thing!", so it strikes me as media malpractice to put parents on the spot when an atrocity happens; but of course in this case the principal parties were all in the deals together as a family business, so it is even more annoying to hear people trying to justify Biden Sr. trying to justify pardoning Biden Jr. and make it about some cloying father-son love. Blah.
He's a piece of work.
I need to get to sea every so often for the same reason. CSN Southern Cross, you understand the truth you can find under a quiet midnight sky.
Just a dream and the wind to carry me, and soon I will be free.
Your comments on college athletics really struck a sore point with me. My father-in-law, when he was a UCLA professor, acknowledged that one common justification for college athletics was school income. At the University of California the money goes to the state and the athletic programs suck up jobs and scholarships that could have gone to scholarly students. This would seem to be a negative contribution to learning. I wonder even with private colleges like USC do athletics impact learning?