Hillary publicly stated that the killing of Diallo was murder. That was the first time I ever agreed with her about anything. Now she has withdrawn the statement saying she "misspoke," which only proves that I can't win with Hillary. The one time she says something straight she lacks the courage to back it up. Here's a message for all New Yorkers. Vote for any other candidate of your choice! Is "misspoke" and "misled" kinda the same thing? A Clinton is a Clinton and a Clinton is a gutless master of lies.

Charles Shultz's mission on earth must have been to show us ourselves and make us laugh at ourselves. Nearly 50 years of Peanuts would seem to have accomplished this, the final good-bye published the day after his death. Rest in peace, Charles. Your mission is complete. We laughed, we cried, and we saw ourselves in the characters you created. Perhaps that is what endeared them to us all and by virtue of their spirit, endeared you to us as well. You will be greatly missed. Signed: Charlie Brown in Spirit.

These past weeks the Pentagon has stated that there are signs that China may be preparing for war with the US. What was their first clue? Was it the tension building over Taiwan? Was it the stealing of military and technological secrets? Was it the taking over of US politics with illegal contributions to the DNC? Maybe it was the nuclear missiles aimed at US cities? No. Of course, it was none of those things. It was committees and commissions appointed to study the situation. Never mind that I sat here and read the news at no cost and drew the same conclusions over a year ago. Seemed like a no-brainer to me. These people need to justify their jobs somehow, I suppose.

In Portland, Oregon a United Methodist church has been told by a city official to limit worship services. I can't wait to see the battle over Constitutional rights under the 1st Amendment this one will bring! If this church loses this fight, the Constitution might was well be suspended. Even if they win, it will no doubt be costly. How can any public official even think this is acceptable in the United States under our Constitution and law? He thinks that, because our rights under the law are gradually being eroded, and atheists, pagans, and heathens have pushed to have religion wiped out of our country. Rather than protecting the rights of free speech and worship, governmental agencies are now protecting the desire of nonbelievers not to be confronted with any signs of religion. Unfortunately, they do not see their hypocrisy. If they have a right not to be confronted with religion, do I not have a right not to be confronted with homosexuality, pornography, abortion, etc.? They would say no, because THEIR agenda is all that matters to them, and the writers of the Constitution are dead, so who will stand up for the rights of the individual anymore?

Montgomery, Alabama teacher Carey Jones is in jail. She should be! If anyone had made my child urinate in front of the class in a trash can she'd need to be in jail for protection! Which also reminds me of one reason I have for home-schooling. Public schools refuse to monitor teachers in the classroom as well as they should, and fail to take responsibility when something like this happens. There is no way such a huge bureaucratic system can provide a safe learning environment for so many children.

Disgraced LAPD officers who were shown to have lied, tampered with evidence, and committed a variety of other crimes relating to their anti-gang assignments wore tattoos of skulls, which is one of a group of adopted designs by some of the police elite forces. Why does this behavior in police organizations make me wonder what separates them from the criminals? Is it any wonder that I am as uneasy around cops as I am around crooks these days?

In Peabody, Mass. a substitute teacher told students, "Hitler is cool." The teacher has been barred from the city's schools as a result of that statement. Still, we were diplomatic allies with the late King Hussein of Jordan, who wrote in his book "My War with Israel" about lunch meetings with Hitler when he was a young prince. His view of Hitler is that he was a brilliant man who had a vision and was misunderstood by the world. Is it any wonder that as King the man publicly claimed to have no knowledge that scud missiles were flying through his airspace, hitting Israel? The real question here is not if we agree with the teacher, but if we agree that each of us, the teacher included, has a right to freedom of speech and expression. I disagree wholeheartedly with what was said, but I would stand side by side with this teacher to defend the right he had to say it! It is merely the teacher's opinion. Perhaps the better option would be for another educator to address the class with another view and teach debate tactics. But that would be real education, wouldn't it?