If you read only one story today about the Democratic Party civil war, make it this essay by Andrew O’Hehir of Salon. He is firmly in the Jason330 School of finding the Democrats lost, hopeless and likely to blow the ’18 midterms, but I agree with him that this split is not about Hillary and Bernie, and that both sides in the fight hold unrealistic ideas about the party’s future path.
In recent polling a majority of white people said whites are discriminated against. A black writer talked to several white people to try to determine why. Summation of his findings: White people are strange and confusing. I can’t disagree.
The Caddyshack view, that golf courses and cemeteries are the biggest wastes of prime real estate, never stops being true. The owners of the former Three Little Bakers course in Pike Creek have launched a new assault on the deed restrictions that keep the land open. Lex Wilson of the News Journal has the details.
I try to ignore the daily crop of Trump hypocrisy stories because they’re so numerous and ultimately not important. But this one stands out: Trump is hiring 70 foreign workers because hey, watch this drive.
There’s more out there. Add anything you find interesting, but seriously, read that O’Hehir piece.