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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Dec. 17, 2024

Greetings!  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her Broadway debut Sunday night in a feminist interpretation of William Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet.” Brown Jackson appeared in two scenes in what’s being described in several outlets as an “LGBTQ musical.” It was a one-night-only performance for the liberal Supreme Court Justice, who fulfilled “a lifelong dream” to appear on Broadway. (RedState)…Last year 42% of U.S. households had at least one firearm, according to data collected by Ammo.com.  It was as high as 47% in 1990.  Montana leads all states with 64% of households owning some sort of gun.  Only 8% of Hawaii and New Jersey households are strapped.  The state of Wisconsin, where a 15-year-old teenage girl, killed herself and two others in a school shooting yesterday, has a household firearms ownership of 44%….Ponder this while you’re sipping your Christmas eggnog: there have been 323 school shootings this year, almost as many as  2023. (K-12 School Shooting Database)…Here’s an honor no one wants to win.  The Antisemite of the Year award goes to right wing commentator Candace Owens from the group StopAntisemitism. Comments Owens made about Jews in Hollywood and  the Holocaust were just some of the reasons why she received the “honor”….Does Jill Biden hate Kamala Harris? Blaze Media seems to think so and cites the First Lady’s Christmas “joy” speech as proof…In case anyone is wondering, I have not made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring and bend the knee…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard