The Socialist Elephant Is In The Room-- And Growing Larger

 

Conservatives are loathe to speak of this issue. Some may accuse me of painting a grim picture without providing clear steps to solve the problem(s). But please understand, recognizing and acknowledging the issue(s) is the mandatory first step towards solving those problems. If this isn’t done, nothing else matters, as no policy prescriptions or suggestions will be made. I am here today to point out what should be obvious, but apparently is not to many MAGA types.

There are several critical truths that must be recognized today. Now. Immediately. If the United States is to survive in any form recognizable to our founders. (And a great many do not want the United States to survive, at least in any form recognizable to our founders.) One of these truths is obvious and has been pointed out by nearly all parties: the U.S. is more fragmented and divided than at any time since the Civil War. Several others, however, have not been much discussed; may have, in fact, been swept under the proverbial rug. This article is about one of the latter.

Socialism is growing like a cancer across the fruited plain.

That is inarguable. Currently, there are more than 250 democratic socialists in public office. Don’t think that is all that many, not that concerning?  Well, 90% of them were elected after 2019. Nearly all of them in just the last 6 years. (And, by 2019, Trump had brought forth a sound economy and lowered the unemployment rate to 3.6%.) This includes eight mayors and numerous city councilors, county commissioners, county executives, and town supervisors.

We all know about Zohran Mamdani. Many of us are aware that, though Omar Fateh, a socialist Somali Muslim, didn’t prevail in his bid to become mayor of Minneapolis, his opponent, nearly-as-far-left incumbent Jacob Frey, delivered part of his acceptance speech in Somali.

In a post titled “Democratic socialists quietly capture city councils across America,” the Washington Examiner noted, “Democratic socialism’s popularity appears to be exponentially growing, evidenced by the wave of electoral triumphs at the local level. High-profile campaigns associated with DSA, likewise, have helped the group’s growth.” Exponentially growing.

Much of the Marxist growth has taken place in blue cities and states, of course, such as Portland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and California. However, DSA candidates have made strides nearly everywhere else, as well. Shockingly, according to a recent nationwide Cato/YouGov survey, nearly two-thirds (62%) of American adults under the age of 30 support socialism, or at least view it favorably. (I might question whether 62% of Americans under the age of 30 are truly adults today, but that is a moot point.) This can only happen due to a total collapse of our educational system. Only an utter lack of historical knowledge and a surfeit of indoctrination can account for this.

It is easy to see why the ignorant, indigent-- and virtue signaling power hungry—profess to favor socialism. On the other hand, it is very difficult to campaign as a conservative. The socialist promises free busing, rent freezes, free education and healthcare, and government run grocery stores with low prices that are staffed by members of the LGBTQ Community and other marginalized groups. Yay! A free chicken in every pot, as it were. And free pot in every chicken! Dude! They will also promise that unicorns will attend your gender-neutral offspring’s birthday party, and that a non-binary, non-Christian Santa will bring you everything else you need this “holiday” season. Understand that the non-binary, non-Christian Santa is actually the government, of course. Meaning themselves. Meanwhile, true conservatives can promise nothing but to attempt to make sure governments respect the individual rights granted to us by our Creator, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And that is so “meh,” so yesterday, right?

The first step towards addressing this budding takeover of the most prosperous and generous nation the planet has ever known is to recognize that Marxists and Muslims are now an existential threat to that nation. Period. Once that admission is granted, we also need to get involved in local politics, communicate with our Congressmen, monitor our schoolboards, never miss voting in our elections, and never stand down in conversations with those who disagree with us.

For starters.

Math Regarding Musk Mythical, Maddening

    Several days ago, I read a post on ‘X’ in which someone stated that, with his new $1 trillion pay package, Elon Musk could give everyone in the world a million dollars. The post claimed that there are 8 billion people on earth and noted that a trillion is a million millions. Ergo, Musk could give everyone one earth a million, right?

    Wrong. One trillion divided by eight billion equals 125. If Musk refused his salary/compensation package outright, he could give everyone on the planet 125 bucks. 125 bucks. Even if we limited spreading Musk’s wealth around to just Americans, his largesse would amount to only a little more than $3,000 a person.

    But Musk has increased the wealth or well-being of nearly everyone on earth — immeasurably and inarguably — through the half-dozen companies he founded and owns. In fact, he may have done more for many alive today than nearly anyone in history, outside of the American Founders.

    His xAI company seeks to develop AI technologies with a focus on safety and alignment with human values.

    The Boring Company focuses on tunnel and infrastructure construction and aims to reduce traffic congestion through underground transportation systems. Neuralink Corporation is developing technology to help people with neurological conditions and enhance human cognitive abilities. SpaceX is the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station and to land reusable rockets. It recently rescued stranded astronauts from the Space Station and hopes to one day facilitate travel to Mars and beyond.

    Musk’s Tesla, Inc. builds electric vehicles-- and manufactures energy storage and solar products, as well.

    And X has essentially saved free speech from perishing from the Earth.

    Moreover, all of these companies employ a great many people who earn good money — and pay lots of taxes.

    Unlike many politicians, Musk works long hours and nearly every day … and doesn’t line his pockets with ill-gotten gains from unsuspecting taxpayers.

    And he goes where he thinks he is most needed.

    How many others have revolutionized the automotive industry, satellite and rocket technology, and are shaping the direction of artificial intelligence? How many are striving to improve infrastructure? How many are working to return the gift of sight to a blind person? And has anyone else paid through the nose to preserve others' right to free speech?

    So go ahead and badmouth Musk all you want. He’ll let you do so. On his own platform, no less.

    That’s rich, if you ask me.

The Truth Is Kryptonite For Democrats And The Only Hope For America

 

Truth is the biggest threat to the Democrat Party. And that makes the Democrat Party the biggest threat to the United States today. Which shouldn't be surprising, as it was also the biggest threat to the United States yesterday, particularly circa the Civil War and Reconstruction. When it has hold of the federal government, it uses every root and branch of it to crush its opponents and further its own power. Conversely, when it is nominally out of power, as it is today, it purports to detest the federal government. In fact, it often simply refuses to abide by federal laws and statutes, even when it risks cleaving the country to do so. Whether it be in 1861, or in today’s sanctuary cities, Democrats have always been keen to divide the country and set one group against another.

Today’s Democrats try as hard as yesteryears’ to keep black people on the plantation. The only difference is that their modern plantations are mental, spiritual, and economic ones, not physical.

And yet Democrats claim it is Republicans that don’t much care for blacks and other minorities, that it is Republicans that want to divide folks and dismantle “our democracy,” when the reverse is obviously the case. As I have repeatedly stated here and elsewhere, projection and gaslighting is all they have. That, and a malignant hatred for Donald Trump and his supporters. Nearly all Democrats will do anything, say anything, and pay any price in their never-ending assault on the president. This leads them to continuously make preposterous policy prescriptions…and defamatory statements like “Trump is Hitler.”

Therefore “reductio ad absurdum” can be logically and successfully employed against virtually every policy position, belief, and argument Democrats make.

Today’s Democrats are as dangerous as yesterday’s. And even more absurd.

 

 

Meanwhile, In Minneapolis...

 

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis…

A city that used to be beautiful, safe, prosperous, homogenous, and somewhat bland, four more socialists were elected to the city council, giving them the majority. The Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) were boosted by the far-left political action committee Minneapolis for the Many (MFTM), which, however, failed in its attempt to get Somali Muslim socialist Omar Fateh elected mayor, as slightly less far-left Jacob Frey was reelected via the city's ranked-choice voting system. MFTM backs the now seven DSA members on the Minneapolis City Council, whereas the slightly less far-left group, All of Minneapolis (AOM), backs the six others. And 100% of non-radical Minneapolitans are screwed.

When I was much younger, I went to school-- and worked-- in Minneapolis. The city was largely comprised of Scandinavians, many of whom wore hats stating “Old Fart” or sporting the name of the ship they served on in World War II. Downtown was quite vibrant and outlying neighborhoods were generally quiet and tidy. People often made eye contact and said “hi” to you as they passed by. “Minnesota nice” was a thing—even in the state’s urban center. No longer.

According to townhall.com, “U.S. News and World Report recently ranked Minneapolis among the nation's 25 most dangerous places to live, with a violent crime rate of 1,164 per 100,000 (93 percent above the national average) and a property crime rate of 4,558 per 100,000 (113 percent above the national average).” The City of Lakes has morphed into the City of Leftists. And crime apologists. It’s hard to tell if the “Minneapple” followed the lead of the “Big Apple” or vice-versa.

And this happened fast. Really fast. A matter of just a couple decades, in fact. This should be a wake up call to America. But change is a good thing, right? Embrace the diversity! Rejoice in the inclusion! Celebrate the tolerance!

From the song “Shattered” by the Rolling Stones:

Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!
You got rats on the West Side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this town's in tatters, I've been shattered
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan

And: “Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots.”

The same could now be said of the Minneapple.

For the same reasons.

The Big Apple Turns Rotten

 

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke with reporters following the Democrat sweep of Tuesday’s elections and the installation of a Muslim Socialist as the leader of the world’s financial capital. Johnson stated: “A 34-year-old Marxist is now the leader of the Democratic Party and it is a very dangerous road for them to go down. I want to say this because there is a lot that’s been said about the Mamdani campaign. It is very easy to run and win as a socialist, right? All you do is promise everything to everyone for free. What a great message that is. Boy, that really resonates with people who don’t study history.”

He added, of the few existing moderate Democrats: “But they will be no match for the coming communist wave taking over their party right now. The energy is on the side of the Marxists.”

This is not so much a blue wave, as a Marxist one, as the Speaker stated. And it is far more dangerous than any tsunami. Yet I am not sure Johnson understands that a great many folks now believe this is a good thing. Sadly, that shouldn’t be surprising after decades of academic indoctrination, the trashing of our founders, and explosive demographic change.

Front Page Magazine’s Daniel Greenfield recently wrote a short piece featuring eight charts that clearly illustrate the staggering changes in the demographics of New York. These charts show the decline in the numbers of Jews, Italians, and Irish as a percentage of the Big Apple’s population and the corresponding increase in the percentage of Muslims. They show the increase in the number of New Yorkers who were not born there, and the corresponding increase in the number of residents that do not speak English in their households. Similarly, they depict the steady decrease in the number of (non-Muslim) religiously affiliated inhabitants. In days of yore, immigrants to New York (and the U.S. in general) were overwhelmingly Christian, today’s are increasingly Muslim. Yesteryear’s immigrants desperately wanted to become “Americans” and only wanted a chance to make something of themselves. New ones are largely uninterested in assimilating and often prefer government handouts.

Incredibly, after 9/11, many Americans converted to Islam-- and millions more Muslims have entered the U.S. in the 24 years since the attacks. But these rapid demographic changes are why Democrats champion illegal immigration and why most Republicans don’t seriously try to stop it. Demography is destiny. For good, bad, or indifferent, that always has been the case and always will be the case.

Hilariously (if pathetically), just one day after his victory, Mamdani, the man who promised “free” everything to the bedraggled masses to secure their votes, took to X, posting a video begging his supporters for cash to fund his “transition” into power.

Yeah, well, “free” money has to come from somewhere. And that somewhere is you, New Yorkers……the taxpaying citizens, the Dupes of Hazard. Why would the productive stay? Why would entrepreneurs, business owners-- and the wealthy-- stick around to be targeted and fleeced? When they leave and the tax base shrinks dramatically, who will fund the “free” stuff? Turns out, the more free stuff you are promised, the quicker your government runs out of other people’s money. (How did “progressive” taxation become the unquestioned vehicle for funding government, anyway? How is it moral and ethical to implement a policy from the belief that forcibly taking some people’s money from them is better than forcibly taking other people’s money from them?)

Mayor Mamdani is promising “free” groceries?! Who and what will go to the trouble and expense of growing, manufacturing, packaging, and shipping these products, paying all their employees all the while to do so, if they have to provide their products for free? No one and no entity of course, which necessarily means there will soon be nothing to buy obtain in these grocery stores. Literally all of history has proven this to be the case. But progressives don’t believe in history, they believe only in themselves. They don’t believe that everyone has inherent rights, granted by their Creator, either. Rather, they believe in their inherent right to rule and tell others how to live their lives.

The Big Apple is now the Red Apple. And will soon be the Rotten Apple. And that may be all its residents have to eat.  

 

 

Democrats On Track To Destroy The Union Once Again

               Reports of Democrats’ death have been greatly exaggerated. As it turns out, it is the republic that is on life support. The recent elections have made that abundantly clear. To wit:

Maine Democrat (and now Senator) Graham Platner won his race despite revelations that he has an actual Nazi tattoo, the “Totenkopf” (Death’s head), adorning his body. And a history of shameful online comments. Not only did Platner suffer no meaningful political consequences, he claims that his candidacy was "strengthened" by the disturbing revelations. He also stated that he found it “amusing” that some in the media thought his campaign was collapsing due to these stains on his character, when, he said, “In many ways, it’s strengthened us.” Turns out, Democrats aren’t particularly antifascist, are they? But perhaps the fact that his policy prescriptions are now right out of the Communist playbook appealed to many. After all, that seems to be the flavor of the month, especially in the case of our academically indoctrinated youth.

Former Virginia Del. Jay Jones won his bid to become Virginia’s attorney general—the state’s chief law enforcement officer—despite the fact that he once wished for the death of a Republican politician…and mused about the death of that person’s children, as well. What difference does a few texted death threats make? Who among hasn’t taken to social media to wish for the death of someone and their children? Let those without sin cast the first stone, right? Democrat voters were obviously not at all concerned about those messages. No “hate speech” here! I mean, it’s not like Jones mis-gendered somebody or something.

Democrat Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi was elected to serve as Virginia's lieutenant governor Tuesday night. Hashmi is on record as stating that she doesn’t “really care” about the proliferation of sexually explicit material in children’s classrooms. She proudly added, "We teach the books that other people try to ban.” Hashmi did state, "One of my concerns is violence.” Really? Will she admonish Virginia’s new attorney general for his texts? Of course not.

Minnesota Democratic State Rep. Kaohly Vang Her defeated incumbent Democrat Mayor Melvin Carter in an upset Tuesday night in the St. Paul mayoral election. She is the first woman-- and Hmong-- elected in the city’s history. Better yet, this past June she took to the Minnesota House floor to state: “My father, as the one processing the paperwork, put my grandmother down as his mother, and so I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country.” She just wanted everyone to know that. And it apparently worked. Democrats are infatuated with illegals and crime in general. And Maine, Virginia, St. Paul, and New York, among other cities and states, will soon see a lot more of it.

California Gov. Gavin “Slick” Newsome’s Prop. 50 easily passed, as well. This will allow the state’s Democrats to further redistrict, eliminating another five or so Republican Representatives from the already one-party state. Meaning that those in the majority literally just voted to further cement their own power and effectively neuter their political opponents for eternity, based on the urging of their leader. No kings? This is precisely why the founders disdained pure “democracy.” History shows that democracies always—ALWAYS—devolve into chaos when the majority decides to vote themselves largess and run roughshod over the minority, no matter how large that minority may be.  

And when the majority prefers “free” stuff over free will, a “democratic” society is doomed.

Judge Robert Bork once wrote a book titled, “Slouching Towards Gomorrah.” Slouching towards Gomorrah? We’re racing towards it. Courtesy of the Democrat-Socialist Party.

Power is the only thing that matters to Democrats. The only thing. All their blather about “tolerance,” “democracy,” “inclusion,” “equity,”-- and the like-- is so much bullshit, designed to deceive the gullible, energize the faithful, and cause the always squishy Republicans to go wobbly in their defense.

Obama spoke of a “fundamental transformation” of America. He largely succeeded. It is time that Republicans realized they must have a “fundamental transformation” of their own. Quit compromising. Quit equivocating. Stop believing that anything you do can make Democrats, the media, academia, etc., like you. Quit believing that that could be a good thing and start taking pride in their disdain. Start acting like the founders-- who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the ideas of limited representative government, individual liberty, rule of law, and natural rights granted by one’s Creator.

But most Republicans won’t do this. Because they think they read the tea leaves and they see the demographic changes.

If anything, 11/04 will make Democrats even more radical. And too many Republicans even more timid.

And this will cause irreparable damage to the republic for which we once stood.

Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Democrats are just as determined to destroy the union today as they were in the 1860s.   

 

 

Requiem For Gotham

 

9/11 didn’t destroy New York City. 11/04 will.

The largest city in America has fallen. The world’s financial capital will henceforth be run by a Communist. What could go wrong?

What has always gone wrong, throughout history—with no exception—when Marxists/Communists run a city, state, or nation. That’s what could go wrong. The incentivization of sloth and dependency, the degradation of production and commerce, the collapse of the economy, the resulting lack of goods and services, the utter destruction of the middle class, the diminution of liberty, and the evisceration of moral character.

For starters.

I have long warned Republicans and conservatives (they are not necessarily one and the same) against overconfidence after the last national election. On this site and others. Leftists play the long game, never quit, have much more time on their hands, and are brilliant at cheating-- and being evil in general. D.E.I. (D.I.E. to conservative wags) isn’t dead. The tragically woke are not going away. They still own all the institutions and probably will for eternity unless the staggering demographic changes of the past couple decades are somehow reversed. And I don’t see that happening. I well know that people don’t like hearing this, but that is often the case with the truth.

In 1946, Winston Churchill eloquently, if ominously, stated that “all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe,” including  “Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia,” lay behind an “iron curtain” that had descended across the European Continent, courtesy of the Soviet Union. Today, many of the capitals of Western Europe lie behind a Sharia curtain. Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Stockholm, and others. The same could be said of Ottawa.

And now the financial capital of the world.

One A.T. reader commented on a recent post of mine, saying, “Ho hum, I am tired of reading about the fall of the UK. The populace allowed this to happen and now the UK is part of the new caliphate as is Europe.” Ironically, England’s leaders are effectively telling their citizens they have three choices: convert, submit, or die. Talk about Stockholm Syndrome!

The populace of New York has now allowed this to happen, too.

But, in this case, New York’s citizens just voted to submit, courted conversion, and will likely watch their city die.

This is the inevitable result of Biden’s open borders policy, and the concept-- and implementation-- of sanctuary cities. This is the Great Replacement Theory in action. Which is not a theory, but a fact, though Democrats may deny its existence and Republicans may claim they are successfully combatting it, neither of which is true.

Woman Dogged In England

 

Police in Britain recently told a woman walking her dog that she needed to exit, stage left, because Muslims were protesting nearby and would likely find the dog offensive. Muslims gotta Muslim, you know. The police essentially ordered her off of her own street, while the woman lobbied for her rights and her furry friend. I wouldn’t have been as restrained…and would have likely been run in by the U.K. coppers. But those coppers would be far more concerned with potential “Islamophobia” than with their own citizens rights. They are barking up the wrong tree.

I would say this is emblematic of the larger fight, but this particular one seems big enough to me. If a group of people migrate, most illegally, to a new country, and then try to change the norms and values of that country…they should be prevented from doing so. Especially if their norms and values involve “owning” women, dissing dogs, banning beer, eschewing music, and otherwise dictating to the natives. Or, put another way, wanting to convert, enslave, or kill citizens of their “host” country. Preventing this should be the minimum response.

It is better for a country to “go to the dogs” than to be conquered by radical Islam. Yet, if the latter occurs, the former will too. We all have a dog in this fight. It’s called freedom.

Once upon a time, England was a relatively safe, productive, proud, and even bucolic nation. It knew who it was and would fight to survive. This is not the case anymore. Jolly Olde England is now neither jolly nor old. It is sad-- and beset with new peoples and new customs…such as wearing a hijab, raping a young lass, or stabbing someone on the Tube. Who let the dogs out, so to speak? We all did.

Instead of instructing citizens to remove their dogs from the migrant protesters’ sight, the U.K. constabulary should have considered siccing them on the protesters.  

To many of us, dogs are “man’s best friend.” In the needlessly dystopian future into which we appear headed, we will need to stand up for them. And ourselves, too.

 

Canada's New Democratic Party: "Don't Say 'Female'"

              “Don’t say ‘women,’ say ‘non-males.’” My godlessness, how demeaning to women is that?! How cancelling/erasing/marginalizing?

Whatever are you talking about, you ask? Well, according to the UK Daily Mail, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) recently sent an email to its members announcing newly elected leaders as ‘non-male’ and ‘male.’” Journalist Jonathan Kay shared the email via ‘X.’

Moreover, according to lifesitenews.com, the party is now mandating that at least 50 percent of the signatures collected for its leadership races be from NDP members who do not identify as “cisgender male,” but from “equity-seeking groups” such as non-white people, Indigenous members, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

So, humans are either males…or non-males? And there are only “Cisgender males” or “equity-seeking groups?” But “male” doesn’t mean anything anymore, either. Who among us can define what a male is? Could be fluid, on a continuum, or utterly unknowable, right? Who are we to judge? But that is precisely what the NDP has done, apparently, with its new binaries. Think of describing a fellow human being as either “male” or “non-male.” That is the opposite of inclusive. We aren’t even supposed to say the word “female?” Dismissing slightly more than half of the world’s population out-of-hand seems marginalizing and misogynistic to me. As well as insane. So, “non-male” is meaningless, too.

Which is what they are aiming for and why they use those terms.

What’s next? Are the destructive progressive whackos going to assert that there are only Jews and non-Jews? Blacks and non-blacks? Wealthy and non-wealthy? Oh, I see it now. There are only oppressors and the oppressed. Males being the oppressors, non-males being the oppressed.

Are there only Buffalo Bills fans and non-Buffalo Bills fans? Capricorns and non-Capricorns?

That is patently absurd. As is Canada’s “New Democratic Party.” Right, non-New Democratic Party members?

 

 

Progressive Democrat Women Prefer Criminals

              As illustrated by their recent actions, progressive Democrats, particularly white women, seem to not only defend criminals, but to become emotionally invested and even aroused by them. To say this is disturbing is an understatement.

The endless herds of Karens constantly support and defend BLM, Antifa, and illegal aliens in general. They rally in support of the Muslims who would forcibly enrobe them and permanently demean them. They rally in support of the radical Hamas terrorists who tortured and slaughtered women, children, and men alike on October 7, 2023. They send love letters to the likes of Luigi Mangione. They taunt members of I.C.E. and even black policemen. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has gone so far as to announce plans to launch an “ICE Accountability Project,” a program she says will compile personal data on federal immigration enforcement officers, including their height, weight, hair color, tattoos, shoes, and vehicles. In other words, a public hit list. Chilling. Ironically, Ms. Lightweight Lightfoot, a black woman, is sounding a bit like Jefferson Davis, a slave owner, prior to the Civil War in her overt and extreme attempts to undermine the federal government. Not a few progressives have mocked the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.

These Democrat leaders, supporters, and apologists seem to say, “Just as blacks can't be racist, criminals can't break the law. And even if they do, it is the fault of straight, white, Republican, Christian males.”

It is impossible to rationally deal with that kind of mental illness.

School District Declines To Observe Good Friday, Will Observe Day For Labor Leaders

              The Austin, Texas, Independent School District declined to observe Good Friday this coming spring, opting instead to cancel classes three days prior in honor of labor leaders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. So the kids will have Tuesday, March 31^st off.

Prior to making the decision to diss Good Friday and honor Toiler Tuesday, the AISD consulted with a group of about three dozen community members last fall. The advisory body was comprised of folks possessing “multiple perspectives — not the preference of a single group,” according to the school district. AISD added, “The membership deliberately included representatives of different faiths and cultures so varied perspectives — including Christian viewpoints — were part of the discussion.”

AISD also attempted to justify its decision by claiming it needed to ensure “instructional continuity” by making sure there would not be two days of classes canceled in the same week, adding that it has to meet a minimum of 75,600 instruction minutes each academic year, so it could not allow two days of classes to be suspended in just a five days period.

That is complete B.S. I would ask the school district’s leaders if they are aware of spring break. Winter/holiday break? Does the district have two consecutive days off for Thanksgiving?  

Jesus died on the cross for our sins and to give us a chance at eternal life, which is what Good Friday, the most somber of religious holidays, observes and honors. But Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers of America) and Huerta co-founded the NFWA and lobbied for politicians to allow non–U.S. citizen migrant workers to receive public assistance and pensions. And to provide Spanish-language voting ballots and driver's tests. And she once coordinated a national lettuce boycott! Hard for the Redeemer to compete with that!

Lettuce Let us hope that the AISD revisits its decision. And redeems itself.