Civility, Gays and Gyms, and Mr. Rogers

Past Present Episode 137

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate recent claims that the Left is destroying civility in politics, the LGBTQ+ history of American gym culture, and a half-century of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: When White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to ...
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Civility, Gays and Gyms, and Mr. Rogers

Trump’s State Sponsored Child Abuse

The Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy

Having been the main congressional staff person behind the drafting and passage of a major federal child welfare law in 1980, I would have to say that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the Jordanian diplomat who serves as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, has got it about right. Donald ...
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Trump’s State Sponsored Child Abuse