Of protests and puppies
I offer my takes on Gov. Kristi Noem and campus protests—and give a little dating advice
BY ANDREW DAVIS
—“There is no terror in the bang—only in the anticipation of it.”—Alfred Hitchcock
—A nice start: Caitlin Clark scored 21 points in her WNBA preseason debut on May 3. I think she’ll do just fine.
—Finding your center: It’s nice that yoga programs feature instructors by a river, beside a wheat field or next to a forest. (Presumably, the woods were cleared of potentially dangerous wildlife—but who knows?) But I’d love to see one yoga program that takes place beside (or in the median of) a highway that’s full of traffic. THAT’S when you need to keep calm.
—Doggone: Most people would not defend killing their own dog—but most people aren’t South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
According to Politico, the Republican governor rationalized killing her 14-month-old puppy, Cricket, by saying in her memoir, No Going Back, “South Dakota law states that dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down. Given that Cricket had shown aggressive behavior toward people by biting them, I decided what I did.”
“I hated that dog,” Noem writes in the book, before describing how she shot Cricket and a supposedly unruly goat in the same gravel pit.
Wow—just wow.
Is she saying that Cricket couldn’t have been trained? Did she exhaust all other avenues before resorting to that extreme option? Judging by “I hated that dog,” I’m pretty sure she didn’t.
Remember: This woman could be vice president of the United States if Donald Trump selects her as his running mate.
—School daze: Protests on college campuses have become … intense, let’s just say.
Police (some in riot gear) have gone on grounds of schools such as Columbia University and UCLA to arrest protesters. Also, tent encampments have been cleared.
“After the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized, and blockaded, we were left with no choice,” the school said, according to the AP. “The decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing. We have made it clear that the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules and the law.”
It’s getting to the point where donors have withheld funds, and other students (and their parents) are scared.
What’s my take?
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