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Daily Archives: June 27, 2021
Mining Tragedy And A Civil War Vet: The History Of Father’s Day – The Federalist
Posted: June 27, 2021 at 4:14 am
The first Fathers Day celebrations in the United States were held over 100 years ago in communities on opposite coasts: one for coal miners in West Virginia in 1908, another for a Civil War veteran in Spokane, Washington in 1910. But despite interest from impassioned daughters and compassionate presidents of both parties, the holiday wasnt officially placed on the calendar until 1972, almost 58 years after the creation of Mothers Day.
The celebration in the small town of Monongah, West Virginia followed the worst coal mining disaster in American history. Some 360 men were killed on December 6, 1907, when two mines of the Fairmont Coal Company exploded. The disaster left 1,000 children fatherless and the town in deep mourning. The cause of the explosion was never discovered. In its aftermath, local Grace Golden Clayton urged her pastor to commemorate the miners.
A church organist whose own father had died a few years earlier, Clayton was burdened by the disaster and the loss of so many fathers. She asked her pastor to remember the men of the mine including immigrants from Italy, Poland, Russia, Austria, and Turkey with a special commemoration of fathers who had died providing for their families. The Fathers Day service was held at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908. The altar was decorated with sheaves of ripened wheat, a symbol of resurrection.
It was partly the explosion that set me to think how important and loved most fathers are, Clayton recalled to a newspaper. All those lonely children and the heartbroken wives and mothers made orphans and widows in a matter of a few minutes. Oh, how sad and frightening to have no father, no husband, to turn to at such a sad time.
The celebration may have been influenced by the first Mothers Day service celebrated just two months earlier, at a church less than 20 miles away. Anna Jarvis held the first celebration recognizing mothers at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia.
While the Andrews Methodist church became a shrine to mothers, the church where fathers were first celebrated in 1908 now Central United Methodist just bears a plaque stating, First Fathers Day Service, Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South, July 5, 1908.
This West Virginia service didnt immediately cause the holiday to catch on. Instead, Sonora Smart Dodd an impassioned daughter of a widowed Civil War veteran is recognized as the Mother of Fathers Day.
In appreciation of her father William Jackson Smart, who lovingly raised his children alone, Dodd asked the local ministerial association in Spokane, Washington, to honor fathers. A Fathers Day celebration was held on June 19, 1910, at the Spokane YMCA.
Six years later, President Woodrow Wilson who had made Mothers Day official in 1914 joined the Spokane celebration, but failed to get Congress to pass legislation creating a national holiday for dads.
There are several theories for why it took so long to adopt a national Fathers Day. Congress may have been concerned it would become too commercial. Others suggested fathers did not have the same sentimental appeal as mothers, and finally, some fathers apparently protested lavish gifts because they thought they would foot the bill.
Historian Timothy Marr suggested men scoffed at the holidays sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products often paid for by the father himself.
Despite the setbacks, Dodd continued advocating for the holiday, even while studying at the Chicago Art Institute, writing poetry, and publishing a childrens book. Her mother died when she was 16, leaving her father to raise six children as young as six years old. Dodd recalls her father as a great home person, a man who exemplified fatherly love and protection.
I remember everything about him. He was both father and mother to me and my brothers and sisters, she told a Spokane newspaper.
It was the second time Smart had been widowed. His first wife died in 1878, leaving Smart to raise their children alone. Two years later he married Ellen Victoria, a widow who brought three children to the marriage, and together they had six more children. In 1898, they sold their coal farm in Arkansas and moved to the Northwest.
Smart also served in the Civil War, for which he received a Union pension of $12 a month in 1907. Smart is thought to have enlisted in the Confederate Army from Arkansas early in the war. Captured in the Battle of Pea Ridge in 1862, Smart opted to join the northern cause rather than become a prisoner of war. (His daughter was a member of both the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of Union Veterans.) Smart served in the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Light Artillery and ended the war as a sergeant.
Sonora Smart Dodd was 90 years old when Fathers Day was made official by presidential proclamation in 1972. Her veteran father was long gone, but her love and appreciation for him never faltered. Her dedication to his memory helped create a day celebrating the exceptional importance of fathers surely seen in the faces of those children who stood at the Monongah mine, waiting for fathers who never came home.
Christine Weerts, author of "Heroes of Faith: Rosa J. Young," is a researcher with the Alabama Black Lutheran Heritage Association. She won a commendation from the Concordia Historical Institute in 2020 for her historical writing on race. A freelance writer, she has degrees in music (BA) and religion (MA).
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Young Father Allegedly Forced Out Of His Car And Executed In Chicago Street – The Federalist
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On the eve of Fathers Day, a young dad named Gyovanni Arzuaga was allegedly executed in the middle of a Chicago city street. He was 24 years old.
According to CBS 2 Chicago, the crime was live-streamed on Facebook by an unidentified individual. The live stream depicts Arzuaga and his girlfriend, Yasmin Perez, being forcibly removed from their vehicle by a group of individuals, during a celebration for Puerto Rican Peoples Day. Arzuaga and Perez had two children together.
In the video, the group of individuals appears to pull Arzuaga and Perez out of their car, before scattering. As Arzuaga and Perez lay on the concrete, a man appears to approach them and [shoot] them at point blank range.
The shooting reportedly occurred at around 9:00 p.m. Saturday in Humboldt Park. Both victims were taken to the hospital, at which point Arzuaga was pronounced dead.
Perez suffered from a shot to the neck and arrived at the hospital in critical condition.
The Daily Caller reports, A police spokeswoman could not confirm whether the [live-streamed] video which has been circulated across social media, shows the shooting. And details concerning the violent exchange remain to be uncovered.
When reflecting on Arzuagas sudden demise, his friend, Jae Pacheco, noted Arzuagas sweet personality: He was just there to have a good time and go back home. He was such an amazing friend. He was really caring. Pacheco continued: He was just about being around good vibes, being around good people.
On Sunday, a memorial in Arzuagas honor was organized at the site of the shooting, with balloons, flowers, and signs saying Happy Fathers Day and RIP Gy0. AGoFundMe for Arzuaga and Perez has already surpassed its initial goal of reaching $10,000. The raised funds will go toward Arzuagas funeral and Perezs medical bills.
Arzuagas death continues to garner media attention and outrage, but the tragedy is sadly one of many. At least 49 individuals were shot in Chicago over the weekend. At least five of these shootings were fatal. As of June 14, 1,587 people have been shot in Chicago this year already. The Chicago Tribune notes that this is 195 more than 2020.
As Chicagoans suffer from increasingly violent crime, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently declared racism to be a public health crisis. She is focusing her time and energy on improving anti-racist policies.
No one is in custody yet for the shootings of Arzuaga and Perez.
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Colorado Police Officer Killed ‘Because He Was Wearing A Uniform And A Badge’ – The Federalist
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On Monday, Colorado police officer Gordon Beesley was ambushed and shot by 59-year old Ronald Troyke, who had expressed hatred of police officers, according to Arvada Police Department Chief Link Strate. Forty-year-old John Hurley, who confronted the gunman, was also fatally shot.
According to the department, police were notified of a disturbance near Arvada Library in Olde Town Square around 1:15 p.m. on Monday. About 15 minutes after Beesley responded to the call, the department received reports that multiple shots had been fired and an officer was hit. The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene.
While not much is known about the confirmed gunman, Strate said the shooting was fueled by disdain for police officers.
I can tell you that Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge, he said.
Communities need to understand and know what they ask of their police officers the sacrifices they make, the cost to them to protect your safety. This was a deliberate act of violence, Strate said.
Strate identified the second victim John Hurley as a good Samaritan who likely disrupted what could have been a larger loss of life.
Hurley was shopping at the Arvada Army Navy Surplus store where eyewitness Bill Troyanos works, Denver7 reported. Troyanos said when gunshots rang from outside, Hurley pulled his concealed carry-on gun from its holster and ran toward them.
He did not hesitate; he didnt stand there and think about it. He totally heard the gunfire, went to the door, saw the shooter, and immediately ran in that direction, Troyanos said. I just want to make sure his family knows how heroic he was.
According to more eyewitness reports, Hurley urged bystanders to safety. Although police have not released information on who shot Hurley or the gunman, Troyanos said he witnessed Hurley confront and shoot the gunman.
According to Hurleys friend Brian Romero, who organized a GoFundMe for the Hurley family, Hurley is survived by his loving parents and sister.
[Johns] story is not making national news as the officer involved was a 19 year veteran and beloved community member, Romero wrote. Johnny was also a victim of senseless violence all too prevalent in todays society.
The APD is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation to monitor the case, but authorities said the shooting appears to be an isolated incident.
My thoughts are with the family and friends of the officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty while swiftly and bravely responding to protect civilians in the area, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.
Haley Strack is an intern at The Federalist and a student at Hillsdale College studying politics and journalism.
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How The Left Is Exploiting Tribal Hypocrisy On Oil Leases In ANWR – The Federalist
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President Joe Biden continued to follow through on his campaign pledge to enact leftist environmentalism this month when he suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The decision was cheered by leftist environmental groups as a victory for wildlife and social justice, supposedly protecting indigenous tribes from the alleged devastation of oil and gas drilling hundreds of miles from their homes.Biden Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy celebrated the move as an important step forward fulfilling President Bidens promise to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Trump administration had opened the door to drill on the Refuges coastal plain, a nearly 1.6 million-acre stretch on Alaskas north coast. The 1.6 million-acre patch along the north slope is less than 10 percent of the total refuge that stretches 19.6 million acres across northeast Alaska, a total about the size of South Carolina.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that below the surface of the north slopes 1.6 million acres temporarily opened for leasing, known as the 1002 Area, lie between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil. If opened for operations, it could become the most productive oil field in the country at a time gas prices are soaring to seven-year highs under the new administration.
Yet on June 1, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order to bring leases to a halt, claiming inadequate study of the drillings impact by the prior administration.The Secretary shall review the program and, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the oil and gas program, the order reads.
The Gwichin Tribe, who live south of the massive wildlife refuge, claimed Bidens decision to reverse course was a win for their tribal sovereignty by protecting the primary caribou herd in the region, a key regional food source.
The Gwichin Nation is grateful and heartened by the news that the Biden administration has acted again on its commitment to protecting sacred lands and the Gwichin way of life, said Gwichin Steering Committee Executive Director Bernadette Demientieff on the heels of Haalands order. After fighting so hard to protect these lands and the Porcupine caribou herd, trusting the guidance of our ancestors and elders, and the allyship of people around the world, we can now look for further action by the administration and to Congress to repeal the leasing program.
The Gwichin have played a prominent role in keeping ANWR free of development, partnering with leftist groups to keep these millions of acres of U.S. land unused indefinitely.Writing in The Hill, Finis Dunaway, a history professor at Trent University and author of Defending the Arctic Refuge, summed up the Gwichins more than four-decade crusade to ensure the absence of development on one of the nations last known major reserves of oil and natural gas.
The Gwichin Steering Committee founded by Gwichin from Alaska and Canada in 1988 reframed public perceptions of the refuge, helping grassroots audiences to see the Arctic coastal plain as vital to Indigenous food security and cultural survival. Their leadership and advocacy widened support for protection of the refuge, encouraging religious and faith organization, humans rights groups and many others to fight for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. These unlikely alliances fostered grassroots involvement that proved critical to the numerous close calls and impossibly narrow victories that followed.
In other words, the Gwichin have been fundamental to preventing of any sort of development on the nearly 20 million acres of pristine wilderness in the name of environmental justice since 1988.Yet only four years earlier, that the same tribe, which in fact lives outside the refuge, tried to lease their own lands within the habitat of the Porcupine caribou for oil exploration.
In the early 1980s, the Gwichin tribe sought to lease the last inch of every acre it owned in the Alaskan Venetie Reserve to oil companies seeking to drill for potentially lucrative reserves.
The letter below dated April 1984 shows the tribe authorizing oil leases on the Venetie Indian Reservation, located just outside ANWR boundaries, 400 miles south of the area on Alaskas north slope where developers have more recently sought to drill.
The Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government hereby gives formal notice of intention to offer lands for competitive oil and gas sales, the letter reads. This request for proposals involves any or all of the lands and waters of the Venetie Indian Reservation Bidders awarded leases at this sale will acquire the right to explore for, develop and produce the oil and gas that may be discovered within the leased area.
According to a 1991 article in the Christian Science Monitor, however, Exxons exploration came up short in finding any lucrative reserves under the surface of Gwichin land.
Much to the dismay of the villagers, I was the poor guy who had to go around and tell them we werent going to drill a well, Stuart Gustafson, an exploration representative, told the paper at the time.
By 1985, the tribe had changed their tune on Alaskan drilling, and had become vehemently opposed to oil and gas exploration at all costs after their own lands turned up no profitable deposits. By the end of the decade, as Dunaway outlined, the tribe had teamed with leftist environmental groups to prohibit drilling in ANWR just to the north.
The ensuing decades-long struggle is yet another clear-cut illustration in whats become routine among leftists: the left finds a group they declare oppressed, then amplify and exploit their alleged grievances for political objectives.
At the heart of Gwichin objections to drilling in ANWR are claims development could decimate the coastal plains caribou herd area that tribes rely on, including the Gwichin and the Iupiat. The Iupiat are the only Alaskan tribe with communities residing entirely in the refuge, and they have lobbied in favor of oil and gas extraction in conflict with the Gwichin for years.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an estimated 219,000 caribou between the Porcupine Herd and the Central Arctic Herd migrate in and around ANWR and provide sustenance for the local tribes. The FWS map of the herd territory is below.
Oil and gas production in Prudhoe Bay has shown no adverse effects on the Central Arctic Herd in the area.In fact, the herds numbers have continued to rise and fall within its natural cycle, reaching 70,000 in 2010, according to FWS, and back to 22,000 in 2016. The caribou in the region were estimated at fewer than 20,000 in 1997. Drilling operations were active at Prudhoe Bay for decades prior.
The map below from ANWR.org, edited to include a red oval where the Venetie village is located, shows the bays proximity to ANWR, just 60 miles west, located squarely within where the Central Arctic Herd calls home.
The Gwichin-offered leases offered scant provisions for the protection of the caribou shared by the Iupiat tribe hundreds of miles north. According to the Christian Science Monitor, leases with the Venetie Gwichin offered two sentences dealing with the animals welfare in the 20-page lease agreement signed.
The Gwichin claim drilling hundreds of miles north of where they live is an infringement on their way of life. Yet the Iupiat tribe is the only tribal nation with land claims within the nearly 20 million-acre ANWR itself, let alone inside the 1.6 million-acre stretch where drilling has been proposed.
The Iupiat locate home on Kaktovik Island, otherwise known as Barter Island for its trade significance in the early days of European exploration and migration. The island resides in the 1002 area in the map shown again below, also edited to highlight its location with a green oval east of Pt. Thompson. The red oval again shows where the Gwichin reside, far outside of the refuge in which the tribe demands no development. The dotted blue line represents an entire mountain range between the two Indian nations.
The Iupiat has fought a losing battle for years to lease its own lands for oil and gas exploration, only to be hampered by the Gwichin tribes campaign allied with big-megaphoned progressive environmentalists. The Gwichin went as far as the submit testimony to allege human rights abuses at the United Nations (UN) last year.
The fact the Gwichin Steering Committee finds itself speaking at the U.N., in corporate boardrooms and other high-profile locations is only due to the fact theyve been co-opted by ENGOs and eco-ideologues to portray victims in a narrative of fear, Rick Whitbeck, the Alaska state director for the non-profit energy group Power the Future, told The Federalist.
To reclaim their voice, representatives of the Iupiat have testified before Congress to advocate opening the refuge for drilling and have sent letters to Capitol Hill demanding it reclaim the rights to issue leases.In 2019, the Iupiat tribe sent a letter to California Democrat Jared Huffman, who has repeatedly introduced legislation to keep the refuge off-limits to development at the Gwichins behest.
The views of the Iupiat who call ANWR home are frequently ignored, and your bill reinforces the perception that the wishes of people who live in and around the Coastal Plain are less important than those who live hundreds and thousands of miles away, the tribe wrote.
Still, Huffman has remained one of Washingtons staunchest opponents to drilling in ANWR, reintroducing legislation again in February to permanently ban the region from oil and gas development, citing Gwichin concerns.
The Gwichin Nation, living in Alaska and Canada and 9,000 strong, make their home on or near the migratory route of the Porcupine caribou herd, Huffman wrote, and have depended on this herd for their subsistence and culture for thousands of years.
So too have the Iupiat, however, and their wishes to lease their tribal lands for drilling have been hampered by a rival tribe partnered with leftist interests for political purposes.
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New York Times Looks Over 1619 Project Falsities To Amplify Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Whining About Tenure – The Federalist
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The New York Times published an article brushing over the historical inaccuracies present in the 1619 Project to fawn over Nikole Hannah-Jones and her fight to be awarded tenure at the University of North Carolina.
The Times glossed over the fact that the paper has issued major corrections to Hannah-Joness 1619 Project, describing it as an ambitious series that reframed the history of the United States through the lens of slavery.
The 1619 Project, whose name is derived from the year that enslaved Africans were brought to the English colony of Virginia, drew early criticism from five prominent historians. The series became the center of a cultural debate partly because of a series of 1619 Projectschool lesson plans developed by the Pulitzer Center and offered on its website, the Times article stated, noting the projects permeance into the critical race theory battle in schools around the nation.
Nowhere in the article does the author mention that the 1619 Project is littered with corrections. Instead, the author amplifies Hannah-Joness refusal to join the universitys faculty as planned next month unless she is granted tenure and her threats to possibly file a discrimination suit over the boards failure to approve tenure.
The 1619 Project, lead by Hannah-Jones, seeks to portray America as a racist nation founded for the sole reason of oppressing black people. In its early days, the project claimed that the desire to protect slavery was held by all of the colonists who fought in the Revolutionary War. The Times was later forced to issue an update revising the allegation to only some of the colonists.
While embroiled in disputes with respectedhistorians about the projects historical inaccuracies, the corporate media outlet also quietly omitted the controversial founding claim understanding 1619 as our true founding from the description of the project sometime after August 2019. At the time of this revisions discovery, Hannah-Jones tried to defend her comments as rhetorical without acknowledging the long list of previous instances where she made the same exact claim that Americas true founding occurred in 1619 when the first African slaves arrived in Virginia, as opposed to 1776.
Hannah-Jones was originally hired to teach at UNC-Chapel Hills Hussman School of Journalism in Media starting next month as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism but her legal team is insistent that she will not begin employment with the university without the protection and security of tenure.
Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.
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Portland Police Try To Fend Off Angry Mob By Disclosing The Man They Shot Is White – The Federalist
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The Portland Police Bureau tried to fend off an angry mob of rioters on Thursday by disclosing that a man shot in an officer confrontation was white.
There is erroneous information being circulated on social media regarding in the officer involved shooting in the Lloyd district. We can confirm that the subject involved is an adult white male. No one else was injured, Portland Police tweeted on Thursday night.
Chief of Police Chuck Lovell said that preliminary information suggests officer encountered a very difficult and dynamic situation that no officer wants to face, but that did not stop a crowd of protestors from forming at the scene shortly after the man who was shot was taken to the hospital.
As the night went on, reports suggest that the crowd went from protesting to rioting.
Police said people in the crowd threw objects and that someone grabbed an officers baton. Another officer intervened and was sprayed with a chemical, a local news outlet reported.
The unrest sparked a response from the citys police department which has struggled to manage riots over the last year and recently experienced a mass exodus of officers over a fellow officers indictment and dangerous mob situations.
An Oregon newspaper used the same attention-shifting tactic in April when it included the race of a white man who was fatally shot by police in its coverage. The Oregonian later clarified that they included the mans race because it was important in light of social unrest prompted by police shootings of Black people.
Recent shootings include Daunte Wright, who was killed by police in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this week, and two killings in Clark County in recent months, the publication explained, nodding to the fact that those fatal shootings sparked rioting, looting, and other destruction.
Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.
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‘Good morning Mr. Gov’na’: Fairhaven teen elected to top position of governmental program – SouthCoastToday.com
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FAIRHAVEN Wearing a bright red Hawaiian shirt, Eddie Gonet IV stepped up to the podium and campaigned for the position of Governor at the American Legion Boys' State program.
"Everyone said I'm like Bernie Sanders," Gonet said of his speech style.
Gonet, a Fairhaven resident andrising senior at Old Rochester Regional High School through school choice, along with six other students in his class attended the annual Boys and Girls State programs. Based on a selection process through teachers, a few students from each school around the state were invited to attend the program. Because the convention-style program was not held last year due to COVID-19, more spots were made available to students this year. Gonet was joined by Samuel Harris, John Kassabian and Tyler Trudeau for Boys State. American Legion Auxiliary sponsoredGirls State.
"It was nice to know a few people going into it, but we split up once we were there," Gonet said. "It gives you a taste of what college will be like. I had to make friends and I shook a lot of hands."
Seven students selected: Old Rochester students attend American Legion Boys & Girls State program
Divided into two political parties, Federalist versus Nationalist, over 200 students pitched themselves to each other running for various political positions for each of their towns. While each side didn't focus on traditional Federalist or Nationalist characterizations, the students created their own party platform advocating for bettering the environment and education.
The week-long program was filled with caucasus, pre-primaries, primaries and general elections. Gonet said there was "a whole lot of speech writing every night." Going into the program, Gonet wanted to secure a spot as town selectman. After consideration, he realized that he only gets to experience the opportunity once, so he decided to "just go for it" and ran for governor.
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In the campaigning process, Gonet wasn't even sure he'd make it past the primary election, but with every speech he got the crowd more excited.
"Everyone enjoys the speech and has a good time, nobody wants to be lectured," Gonet said. "It was a young audience and you had to cater toward them."
Counselors and head American Legionnairesobserved speeches and oversaw the campaigning process. Gonet said that one head legionnaire even approached him and said he was the most prepared candidate he had ever seen, with a list of talking points and a full cabinet ready upon election.
Going into debate, Gonet referenced his choices for cabinet, pointing them out in the crowd and their responsibilities, something that had never been seen before at Boys State. When asked about his plans for infrastructure, he replied that he has a team already working on it.
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While this was a mock election, the boys remained in character the entire week. Gonet recalled the emphasis on bipartisanship in his campaign, and even demonstrated it in the cafeteria when he and his party helped open sour cream packets for the other party, making a big deal out of the crossing paths. He said typically, there is no help exchanged between parties during the program, and he brought it up in a later speech to help pitch himself.
"If we all work together, we really are better off working together to achieve a greater goal,"Gonet said.
Harris, Kassabian and Trudeau were all elected selectmen of their towns. Harris ran for statewide office and went pretty far in the race, but dropped down to selectman. After Gonet was elected governor, he left his bedroom door open that night, only to be greeted with his entire party the next morning with, "Good morning Mr. Gov'na."
"Everyone got along so well," Gonet said. "The kids are all so supportive, even the bad speeches got applause."
Prior to the program, Gonet hadalways expressed an interest in politics and law. He said his parents were a little nervous, not knowing what would come out of the experience. Once he was elected governor, they thought that maybe he is good for politics.
After high school, he intends to pursue a career in corporate law, ashe previously believed "politics is more of a retirement job." After the weeklong program and his success in campaigning, he's thinking that he might try to run a little earlier in life.
Gonet is involved in student council and serves as the student representative on the ORR school committee. He said after this week, he plans to take a different approach with how he handles himself in front of an audience.
"I learned a lot about networking with people, catering to the audience and getting everyone excited," Gonet said. "I won't be as bland and boring."
Entering his senior year of high school, he hopes to attend the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, but he said he'll go wherever is the cheapest.
"As the quote goes, 'Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you'll land among the stars,'" Gonet said.
The program housed high school juniors on campus at Stonehill College for one week while students hashed out debates and elections. Attendees were required to either be fully vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Masks were worn in large group settings. Gonet said there was a lot of hand shaking and hand sanitizer.
"It made the experience even better," Gonet said. "It was the first large event I've been to in a year-and-a-half, so it was nice seeing people having a good time."
Each student was sponsored by attorneys, mayors and other local political figures to cover the fees for the entire week, as the goal of the American Legion is to make the program free for everyone. Gonet was sponsored by the American Legion Florence Eastman Post 280 in Mattapoisett.
"Going into it, everyone said it would be a life-changing experience," Gonet said. "I said, 'no way,' but it definitely was. Lots of learning skills, communicating and ways to enhance your community."
According to the organization, American Legion Boys State is one of the most respected and selective educational programs of governmental instruction for high school students. Founded in 1935, the program attendees become part of the operation of local, county and state government where they learn the rights, privileges and responsibilities of franchised citizens.
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Everything Corporate Media Said About The Bishops’ Conference Is False – The Federalist
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Last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to advance a document that will discuss Eucharistic coherence, which Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called an opportunity for me and all bishops to recommit ourselves to an unapologetic preaching of Jesus Christ. In the aftermath, corporate media once again proved themselves to be arbiters of hypocrisy, with headline after headline criticizing the church for allegedly politicizing the Eucharist.
Among others, NPR reportedBishops Vote to Rethink Communion Rules, a New Republic headline said Conservative Bishops Attack on Biden Is an Attack on the Majority of U.S. Catholics, and the Associated Press reported that the US Catholic bishops [OKed] steps toward possible rebuke of Biden, and that bishops met to press Biden to stop taking Communion. Leftist media is politicizing the bishops meeting not the other way around. And their almost every interpretation of the meeting is misguided and blatantly false.
Bishops met to write a document that will contribute to a real Eucharistic revival in the Church in our nation by highlighting the truth about the amazing gift Jesus gave us on the night before he died, according to the head of the Doctrine Committee of USCCB, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, whose committee will draft the document come November not to specifically deny politicians Holy Communion.
The USCCB only addressed the subject after growing uncertainty on Eucharistic importance. Recently, Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, announced a three-year National Eucharistic Revival initiative that was prompted in part by a 2019 Pew Research study that found 69% of Catholics dont believe the Churchs teaching that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, Our Sunday Visitor reported on Monday. The initiative is part of the USCCBs Strategic Plan Created Anew by the Body and Blood of Christ: Source of Our Healing and Hope, which has been in the works for more than a year.
Corporate media only started to pay attention to the USCCB when they realized they could categorize the meeting as an attack on Americas second Catholic president Joe Biden. Many Catholics hope the document will spur a church-wide decision to deny Communion to politicians who support anti-life agendas, but the USCCB has been clear that the document will be addressed to all Catholics. While political figures happen to be included in the debate, Eucharistic coherence is a problem bigger than Biden with a solution much more eternal than politics.
For all of corporate medias familiarity with Catholicism (theyre all faithful church-goers, no doubt), theyve butchered Catholic teaching to fit an anti-religion narrative theyve been pushing for decades. Its time to hold them accountable.
Here are top lies the media have told about the USCCBs recent meeting.
1. The Vatican warned against such a document.
Rhoades said in an interview with Our Sunday Visitor that he was disappointed in [the] erroneous interpretation of Prefect of the Vaticans Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Cardinal Luis Ladarias letter to President of the USCCB Archbishop Jose Gomez, which has been cited by many media outlets as proof that the Vatican does not support the forthcoming document.
The letter actually urged bishops to promote unity and dialogue, first among bishops, then among Catholic politicians as a means of understanding the nature of their positions and their comprehension of Catholic teaching, Cardinal Ladaria wrote. Ladaria said that if these two stages of dialogue were met, bishops would then face the difficult task of discerning the best way forward for the church in the United States to witness to the grave moral responsibility of Catholic public officials to protect human life at all stages, adding that such a statement would need to express a true consensus of the bishops on the matter, and that any statement of the conference regarding Catholic political leaders would best be framed within the broad context of worthiness for the reception of Holy Communion on the part of all the faithful, rather than only one category of Catholics.
Word choice is important here: Ladaria was not warning, but he was cautioning bishops to remain mindful of the conferences duty to stay unified and grounded in one body.
Although this fact has been virtually unreported by corporate media, Ladaria specifically advised the conference to discuss the document in context of the CDFs authoritative Doctrinal note of 2002: On some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life, which says that lawmaking bodies have a grave and clear obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life. For them, as for every Catholic, it is impossible to promote such laws or to vote for them a well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals. The document makes it absolutely clear that political forces with positions contrary to the moral and social teaching of the Church are not compatible with membership in organizations or associations which define themselves as Catholic.
2. The document will deny BidenHoly Communion.
The USCCB does not have absolute governing authority over who, from which diocese, can receive Holy Communion. The document is a teaching document which means its a loud suggestion for what bishops ought to do, but it will not and cannot mandate that bishops deny Communion to public officials.
Addressing this question, Ladaria wrote that any provisions of the Conference in this area would respect the rights of individual Ordinaries in their dioceses and the prerogatives of the Holy See.We are preparing a doctrinal reflection and not drawing up national norms, since such would be beyond the competency of our committee, Rhoades said.
Rhoades also quoted Pope Benedict, saying, Worship pleasing to God can never be a purely private matter, without consequences for our relationship with others: it demands a public witness to our faith.
What can the USCCB do? When he was executive director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices for the USCCB, Rev. Thomas G. Weinandy said the bishops have the obligation to judge the morality of actions, for example, that the direct killing of an unborn child is always a moral evil. This obligation to judge not only applies in stating the principle, but it also applies to concrete situations where such immoral actions are either directly promoted or legally authorized. Thus, bishops have the obligation to judge the moral content of laws that permit, foster, or require citizens to pay for gravely immoral actions (for example, by paying for insurance policies that cover such actions).
3. The document will target pro-abortion politicians exclusively.
The document will be addressed to all Catholics. Rhoades said political consequences were not the purpose of the committees proposed document and that he would not weigh in on whether Biden should receive Communion.
We will be looking at that whole issue of Eucharistic consistency and the way the churchs law is, that is for his own bishop, said Rhoades.
Yes, the document will apply to politicians and political life but only because every belief and doctrine of the Catholic Church applies to every part of life.
4. The church cant deny members Holy Communion.
It can and it has. Much to the lefts chagrin, the Catholic Church is not a woke organization that prioritizes inclusivity over truth. Catholics are encouraged to confess their sins and receive Holy Communion reverently but if theres demonstrated evidence that a member has not reconciled his sins, or has publicly disobeyed church doctrine, he can be denied Communion in such cases, its for his own good.
Canon 916: A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.
5. It is better for someones soul to receive Communion than not.
In some cases, yes. But when the soul is in a state of grave sin, it does much more harm to irreverently receive the Eucharist than to take it. As St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians: Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself (1 Cor 11:27-29).
The Lords Table is not for everyone. While the Catholic Church teaches that everyone deserves to find a spot at the table, non-Catholics and the unrepentant must be discouraged from partaking.
After the USCCB meeting, my priest had wise guidance for parishioners who saw the nonsense published by leftist media: We judge the world by Gods standards, not Gods by the world. For Catholics, only one word matters and its not one that youll see published in corporate news outlets.
Haley Strack is an intern at The Federalist and a student at Hillsdale College studying politics and journalism.
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Column: ‘Unprecedented’ Times Have Plenty of Precedent | Opinion | thepilot.com – Southern Pines Pilot
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How many times over the past year have we heard some commentator talking about unprecedented times and the fragility of our republic? To which Alexander Hamilton, John Adams or Thomas Jefferson would say, Hold my mead.
Those of us who believe we live in apocalyptic and apocryphal times would do well to take some time and read a history regarding our transition from colonies to country. That is precisely what I am doing now.
In this case, Ive chosen The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the Making of America, by Winston Groom. Groom is a prolific author, having written 12 nonfiction books regarding key historical events and times, along with eight novels. You might not have read one of those novels, but youve probably seen its movie version: Forrest Gump.
Groom is not among the most detailed of biographers. Bookshelves include far better holdings about these three founders individually. But Groom has an eye for the right details and the context that makes them important in the telling.
And there are some great cameos from figures like Benjamin Franklin, whom you cant help admiring not only for his brilliance but also his dude, lets party mentality. When both he and Adams were based in Paris, the dour and prudish New Englander had little use for Franklin, who sometimes partied so hard the night before with the ladies, he forgot to come to work the next day. Benjamin Franklin: the original Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Groom signals early in the book his point of bringing together Hamilton, Adams and Jefferson and giving everyone else just a walk-on role. He talks of how the three, over time, developed an abiding hatred of each other so intense that at times it threatened to bring down the fragile young republic.
Edit out fragile young and you have something for us as modern as a Tesla.
Groom recounts in quick order George Washingtons admonishment against political parties, which was surely bumped off the front page of every paper for the latest thrashing between Federalists and Republicans. As the tempest brewed, Groom writes, the press entered the fray. Sounding familiar yet? You could see MSNBC backing Hamilton and the Federalists, while Fox News was in the tank with Jefferson.
Newspapers not only informed but deliberately inflamed political opinion, inspiring fistfights and duels and sometimes tearing family and friends apart, the author says. Sounds like virtually everyones Thanksgiving between 2017 and, uh, now.
Into this toxic climate the three founders plunged themselves, each believing that the political notions of the others would lead the country into dangerous chaos and ruin, Groom writes. They were, after all, floundering in the unknown: nothing like the American experiment had ever been tried on such a scale and with such a diverse population, both ethnically and regionally.
Keep in mind, diverse back then was more about political belief structure and religious background than race and what your pronouns are. Although our Founding Fathers spoke and wrote of an egalitarian approach to life, that didnt extend beyond land-owning white men at the time.
Groom reminds us that, in these chaotic times, we are not really without precedent. Countless times, this country and its people could have gone sideways and it pretty much did in the Civil War but the arc of progress is linear.
This moment feels existential to us because we exist in it. Duh. In the bigger picture, we are experiencing another page in history. No, we dont know how itll all work out. Will it be Reconstruction? Reconciliation? Or merely just a wreck?
I never expect to see a perfect work, Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers, from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound, as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom, of the individuals of whom they are composed.
In other words, whatever were doing now, its gonna take all of us not just some of us to resolve. And thats all I have to say about that.
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Thabo Mbeki on why South Africans are losing confidence in the ANC – News24
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Former president Thabo Mbeki.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the current state of the ANC is of concern and South Africans' confidence in the party is dwindling.
Mbeki was delivering the Walter Sisulu Memorial Lecture on Saturday afternoon.
"The survival of the ANC threatens our country and all 60 million citizens, which is virtually in a general political and socio-economic crisis. It cannot, and must not, be that we, the ANC leadership, are trapped in an organisational death wish".
He said the renewal of the ANC was imperative.
"Our democracy means more than just a vote. The ANC should make an honest assessment on how the quality of life of citizens has changed."
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Mbeki spoke on the Covid-19 pandemic and how the government handled it.
"The measures introduced to stop the spread of the virus led to a sharp decline of economic activity. And it has a direct effect on the livelihoods of South Africans, their prospects for finding work, recovery of their businesses and our collective future. Our economy is facing the worst crisis since 2008."
He said the state was running out of options.
Eskom is a ticking time bomb, threatening the collapse of the economy. Tax revenue is declining, and other state-owned entities are at various stages of collapse.
Mbeki reflected on the Freedom Charter, which was endorsed in Kliptown, Soweto, 66 years ago. In 1955, the ANC sent 50 000 volunteers into various parts of the country, to collect "freedom demands" from South Africans. The charter was officially adopted on 26 June.
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Mbeki said South Africans were getting poorer, while private and public investments were declining.
"The hard reality is that economic recovery cannot be achieved, except through an implementable plan, with all social partners committed."
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