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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Jul. 30, 2025

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