Links for 7/18/19

Links for 7/18/19
The visit was a perfect response to Unite the Right.

Hospitality is the essence of love at any time, especially if nothing is asked in return. The reforms and humility of Francis begin here. They are a total rejection of the modern culture of self-reliance, which demands reciprocity.

The flag of religion must be planted on a $1000 per month child tax credit and a $20 an hour minimum wage. Dare the GOP to join them and to drop the partisan silliness of repealing Roe and the collateral claims about religious power of employers, especially the Church, on the freedoms of its workers.

A competent governor would insist that federal funding of 57.5% make up the difference, if not 77.5%

Thiel needs to underwrite a primary challenge to Trump. Something like this. It is both the antidote for Trump and the myopia on both sides, which feeds off of problems rather than solutions.