No angel sighting. So, we continue.

Did the Holocaust Occur?    

    

   Our state's new education commissioner is more aggressive about enforcing "required instruction" law, especially after stories like this:

   The principal - the PRINCIPAL !!! - of a high school told a parent he could not prove the Holocaust, some 12 million innocent deaths (half of them Jewish) during WWII. 

   Prove it?

   How about visiting some of the preserved sites. Or, checking newspaper files from the time, especially after the Nazis collapsed and secrets were out.

   If that's not convincing, how about thousands of photos taken to "prove" the evidence, precisely to prevent future anti-Semitics from white-washing history. Or, films of old Walter Cronkite documentaries. Or, interviewing descendants of survivors who surely learned first-hand about atrocities. Or, American GIs who freed and fed survivors after guards fled.

   How about interviewing survivors themselves? And German guards. There must be a few still living. The principal wouldn't even need to leave the U.S. to meet some participants. Mercy!  

No Law Assures Obedience   

   We favor strong background checks - not just arrest records - in all 50 states. Interviews, social media, etc. Something like an FBI check for security clearance, or access to children. 

   We might outlaw military-style weapons, especially sales in unregulated gun shows. Good grief! An imposition for sure. 

   Never, ever disarm lawful citizens, enabling government employees to assert unconstitutional power. 

   But here's the problem: A friend of the Dayton killer told agents that about 10 weeks before the attack he bought the body armor, a gun accessory and a 100-round magazine. He helped assemble the AR-15 and kept all this in his apartment to keep Mr. Betts' parents in the dark, until his friend (now deceased) came back for them. But he didn't know Betts was going to shoot up a crowd.  Really? How would a strong background check uncover this plot? 

       Jimmy