Trump moves at the speed of Trump. That keeps me from being able to write on all the belt-high fastballs he throws at me. Here are a few mid-year items to remind readers of:
› Trump floated the idea of directing $3 billion of federal money from Harvard to trade schools. Only people who went to Harvard care about Harvard anymore. Last week, a Harvard professor, writing a study on “honesty,” got busted for fabricating results. Trump needs to make her conduct her next federally funded study on hypocrisy.
› NFL team owners attempted to ban the Philadelphia Eagles play, the “Tush Push.” It is a red-zone play when all the players gang-push from behind to force a score. It failed. Reaction was mixed. Citing that case, P-Diddy’s attorneys asked for his acquittal.
› The new pope remains a U.S. citizen. He was born in Chicago; now he is the head of state of the Vatican. An odd and unprecedented situation. Our country, especially us Southerners, don’t fully understand Catholicism since we are mostly Protestants. We can never match the rituals of the Catholics. The closest thing is when Baptists hire a new preacher, at his church social introduction, you will see smoke rising from the barbecue pit and half the cars in the parking lot.
› Sen. Josh Hawley said on national TV that a Secret Service whistleblower told him Joe Biden would often get lost and stuck in his closet at the White House. They need to check on him. If he cannot find his way out of the closet during Gay Pride Month, he may stay closeted.