In Defense of Freedom

Almost exactly one month ago, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, knocking out nearly all of their power and putting the country in jeopardy from the natural disaster. Only a few weeks before, Houston had been flooded by the rains of Hurricane Harvey, and volunteers had flocked to the city to help the people who were struggling. After Hurricane Maria, President Trump sent the barest minimum of help to the country of Puerto Rico, giving them enough help to get 20% of the island safe water to drink. Then he stopped. In an interview with the president of Puerto Rico, he was asked what rating he would give the work that the White House had done, rated on a scale of one to ten. Trump said that he would give the efforts of the White House a ten, since the storm was so much worse than some of the earlier ones. According to this article from "Thinkprogress", President Trump asked whether they had done a good job of providing relief. The president of Puerto Rico responded with a slightl...

Recently, quite a number of famous sports players have decided to "Take a Knee" towards the flag, instead of standing to salute it. The idea of taking a knee as a sign of respect was originally used when football players were injured during the game. In order to ensure fair play, as well as to show respect for their injured teammate or opponent, all the players would get on one knee until play was resumed. Recently, a foot ball player named Colin Kaepernick began to "Take A Knee" as a protest agianst racism and social inequality, and now many famous people have taken it up. This has not met with unanimous support from all quarters, including President Trump. Although this is a truly peaceful protest in accordance with the Bill of Rights, the article " The Choice Between Kneeling and Winning " from the New York Times says that this is not the best way to protest. I would recommend that everyone reading this take a moment to read the article. Having done tha...