Four long years of turmoil, the fight to right the ship and now this. The news is not good. Forget a honeymoon for the new administration, the carping and obstruction has not missed a beat. It seems to be business as usual.<\/p>\n
As I read this morning\u2019s Wall Street Journal<\/em>, I became increasingly depressed. I believe I understand and appreciate the role of the Journal as a conservative paper, but I had hoped and thought that in light of recent tragedies its editors might chill out for a while and make common cause for honesty and sanity in our politics. As I\u2019ve demonstrated before in these pages, however, my naivete is boundless.<\/p>\n I understand that writers must frequently find hooks and niches, so-to-speak, to make points and develop stories worth being told. This morning\u2019s \u201cOpinion\u201d page struck me as going too far and just plain nasty. There was an article about Joe Biden, his religion and the inauguration. Apparently, it was too much for the writer. There was also a piece mocking Biden\u2019s call for unity because he replaced the general counsel of the NLRB with his own man. And yesterday\u2019s riots in Portland and Seattle – apparently initiated by those on the \u201cleft\u201d – were held up to chide the Democrats as an excuse seemingly for the assault on the Capitol Jan 6th.<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal<\/em> is a well respected paper with considerable influence as an opinion maker. In my opinion, it should be more responsible and reach out for all of us to do the right thing for our country. There will be plenty of time to debate legislation and policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four long years of turmoil, the fight to right the ship and now this. The news is not good. Forget a honeymoon for the new administration, the carping and obstruction has not missed a beat. It seems to be business as usual. As I read this morning\u2019s Wall Street Journal, I became increasingly depressed. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-robert-fischer"],"yoast_head":"\n