The excited Galt High junior was a member of the school’s JV football team and part of the FFA program. Someone who knows Garcia’s family and the Galt High School principal told CBS13 that Yair Garcia, his mother, father and two other family members died in car crash in Mexico on their way back home to Galt. … [Read more...] about Galt High School Student Killed In Crash Along With Four Family Members In Mexico
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Ingraham announces break from her show amid backlash over Parkland student
Fox News host Laura IngrahamLaura Anne IngrahamFox News to revamp daytime programming, replace 7 pm news hour with opinion show Sacking the Capitol proves free speech is in trouble FBI: No evidence antifa involved in Capitol riot MORE is taking vacation time as advertisers flee her show, "The Ingraham Angle," over a feud with a high school student who advocates for gun control. … [Read more...] about Ingraham announces break from her show amid backlash over Parkland student
War hero dad inspired different kinds of courage
I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln, who traveled to Pennsylvania to consecrate a cemetery on the site of a battlefield named Gettysburg. As he stood before the gravestones he said, “We have come to dedicate a portion of that battlefield as a final resting place … but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.” … [Read more...] about War hero dad inspired different kinds of courage
Inauguration Day is when the rubber meets the road
Which brings me to the presidency. Wednesday is Inauguration Day, and to some extent this event has little meaning for either of my sons. Zane complained, “After all, didn’t we just replace one old white guy with another old white guy?” As an old white guy, I tried not to take offense. … [Read more...] about Inauguration Day is when the rubber meets the road
What ‘unity’ really means in America
Not even a year ago, the deadly virus we are actively battling swept through our purported United States, affecting people of all backgrounds, but disproportionately decimating Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. When that latter fact reached mainstream media, I heard the narrative shift from viewing Covid-19 as our union's "great equalizer," to stories of armed extremists demanding "freedom" from "oppressive" stay-at-home mandates. "Liberty or death," some protested, while standing maskless, of course. My take on the common denominator? Some of the anti-shutdown conglomerate stopped feeling as concerned that "the bad" and "the deadly" would happen to "them" because they weren't Black, or Latino, or Native. A few folks even went on to form a kidnapping plot against Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, for her attempt to save their lives. … [Read more...] about What ‘unity’ really means in America