Greetings! And happy Earth Day, tree huggers and anyone who supports environmental protection (which includes myself).  I’m guessing it’s not on Donald Trump’s calendar...Tucker’s about-face: In his Monday podcast, Tucker Carlson apologized for “misleading people” about Donald Trump and said he was “tormented” about his support for the president.  It was an astonishing admission from the popular chatting head and former Fox News personality. Here’s the full podcast. It’s more than two hours long and I didn’t have the stomach to wade through and find the apology....Mamdani’s curse?  Sports fans following baseball are surely aware of the NY Mets jaw-dropping 12-game losing streak. And now the blame for that streak has fallen on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for hugging the team mascot in early April, which “cursed” the team, according to the Washington Free Beacon. “Some have speculated that Mamdani is punishing the Mets for giving their players too much money,” opined writer Andrew Stiles about the mayor who is a democratic socialist. “Another possible explanation is that Mamdani simply despises a sport that is widely regarded as ‘America's pastime.’ He prefers soccer, a so-called sport that is more accurately described as an anti-American abomination in which players compete to see who can fall down the most and pretend to be injured”....Townhall columnist Star Parker thinks the best speech about the meaning of the Declaration of Independence was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas April 15 at the University of Texas. Here’s the full one-hour recording of his presentation...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard