1. I think first lady Michelle Obama was
correct in affirming Walmart’s decision to offer jobs to all veterans who
receive honorable discharges, “We all believe that no one who serves our
country should have to fight for a job once they return home.” Kudos to
Walmart, and I hope more corporations and businesses follow their cue.
2. I read in this week’s Time that humans throw away 50% of the world’s total food
production—about 1.2 billion tons of food. Wow! You would think we could figure
out a way not to waste so much.
3. Today
marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I tweeted and Facebooked
this morning about the irony of the national conversation concerning the ban of
assault weapons, while legalizing them when it comes to the tiniest of human
creatures. Having said that, I want to say something more positive. I am
encouraged by the small but growing trend for the Pro-life cause. Technology
has changed the national conversation. It is much more emotional to destroy a
living person, whom you can see so clearly in the womb. I predict someday
civilization will view abortion the same way it views slavery.
4. RIP Abigail Van Buren. I’ve collected
various columns (“Dear Abby”) she has written through the years. I’ll add
another thanks to SI’s Peter King. He noted, “Abby was a woman-empowerer and
common-sense-maker. I remember one of her responses, when a woman bemoaned how
old she would be if she went back to school in her late '30s to get a college
degree, and Abby wrote: ‘Well, how old will you be in five years if you don't
go back to school?’” Wise words.
5. RIP as well, Stan
Musial. I did not have an affection for him as a boy like I did Willie Mays and
Mickey Mantle, or that I later had for Ted Williams. However, in my adult
years, I’ve grown to admire and appreciate Musial more. He had great baseball
numbers—especially his batting average—and and from all accounts he was an amazing human being.
*Thanks to Peter King for the
inspiration for this title.
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