Links for 6/18/20

Links for 6/18/20
From Barron, Fox and EWTN to Beverly Leslie and the Sphinx Orchestra, What times we live in.

Catholic elementary schools have been recreated as charter schools in the Washington Archdiocese. Archbishop Lori, call Archbishop Gregory. As for Covid, it will be over and much worse than anyone now projects publicly. Bishop Barron will be as well. Cardinal Sean, call your office.

American education (including Catholic high schools), need to spend as much time funding vocational training as pre-college. Grades 11-14 in both tracks need to be free and students need to be paid their opportunity costs at minimum wage levels (and I don't mean $7.75). Junior year and above need to be funded by employers with a service requirement. Parental wealth or the lack thereof should have no say in the matter. In the end, such advantages don't help much anyway. Trump and his children are a prime example of affirmative action for the rich and stupid.

I do not agree with Ruth's assertion that the racism of law enforcement is a flaw rather than a feature. The movement was in danger of losing steam because of the sound of defund the police. However, cooler heads have provided enough definition to make it mainstream - as well as to point out (as I too have) that part of the solution is dealing with mental illness (although I have seen no one talk about shifting from imminent danger to probable harm).