Betsy's Page

I have been blogging since 2002. I started out just to link to funny and interesting stories that my students might enjoy reading. I quickly evolved into blogging about current events. I never thought I was adding anything all that special to all the...

I hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving celebrating with friends and family. I certainly am. It's a lovely time to reflect on how fortunate we are to be living at this time. Despite all the ugly divisions separating us, this is still a great time...

Note the difference in these two takes on the same story. Here is the Associated Press.
Many Central American migrants camped in Tijuana after crossing Mexico in a caravan said Monday that a protest over the weekend by residents demanding they leave frightened them and left them even more anxious while they try to get into the United States...

The WSJ reports that lawyers preparing to testify before the Supreme Court are working on altering their approaches in arguing cases in order to try to win over John Roberts now that Anthony Kennedy is no longer on the Court.
The confirmation last month of Justice Kavanaugh created arguably the most conservative Supreme Court in recent history. In response, legal advocacy groups on both the left and right are shifting their legal strategies....