Greetings! Bring on the jackboots! That’s the solution to urban violence says the Daily Caller’s Geoffrey Ingersoll in a disturbing column pegged to the recent attack on two people in downtown Cincinnati.  “There’s a lot of focus on the mob being black while the victims were white,” he wrote. “At this point, I’ll put in print what I’ve been saying for several years now: Has any movement done more to contribute to public derangement of the inner-city black community than Black Lives Matter?” Ingersoll goes on to call for what is essentially a police state patrolling our urban centers. “Treat public displays of mob violence with disproportionate displays of state violence. I’m talking police horses trampling people. Broken bones. Billy clubs matted with hair and blood. People with broken hands can’t commit crimes for at least three months”...Hollywood starlet and “It Girl” Sydney Sweeney's new blue jeans TV ad is the latest Madison Ave. offering pitting right against left.  (Check out the many headlines on the issue I’ve culled from today and yesterday.) Wondering if there’s something lasting here or it’s just a dog days of summer nothingburger that will fade in a month. One thing is for certain: American Eagle will make big green bucks on those pre-washed blue denims. Worth noting: Other than Ted Cruz, who defended the ad, no prominent politician or celebrity on the left or right appears to have waded into the jeans debate. But the week's not over....Yesterday’s lead item from an American Spectator op-ed threw major shade at Barack Obama’s presidential library now under construction in Chicago.  For a more balanced view of this ambitious project, check out this New York Times article...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The American Spectator thinks Barack Obama’s presidential library in Chicago is a monstrosity.  The outlet quotes Black conservative Ken Blackwell’s description on Facebook: “It looks like the Ministry of Truth from a failed Marxist state. Cold. Ominous. Bureaucratic. The perfect shrine to eight years of weaponized government, broken promises, and elite arrogance. This isn’t a library. It’s a fortress.” The Spectator article, written by Scott McKay, concludes ominously.  “It’s in a building like this that one might conceive of the plot to destroy a duly elected president of the United States might be hatched”...Looks like the DonaldTrump/ Bill Maher  bromance is in full-flower.  On yesterday's “Club Random” podcast, Maher admitted that Trump’s tariffs hadn’t tanked the economy and the country’s economy seemed to be in good shape.  Trump noticed the positive words and posted a one-minute clip of Maher’s observation and simply wrote, “Thanks Bill!”  Worth noting: The Wall Street Journal’s Editor-at-Large Gerald Baker shares Maher’s opinion in this op-ed: If Trump’s Tariffs Are So Bad, Where’s the Recession?....So much for mainstream media: The Donald  gave Breitbart News an exclusive hour-long interview in Scotland yesterday.  Breitbart featured Trump praises for his new Aberdeen golf course.  Not exactly stop-the-presses news..Trump Administration 1.0 "It Girl" Hope Hicks has a new gig.  Podcast superstar Megyn Kelly named Hicks COO of her fast-growing company, Devil May Care Media. (The Hollywood Reporter)...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard