Saturday, September 20, 2025

If a day was devoted to Charles Kirk, would there be days for others of different political persuasions?

I follow the mainstream news, but have avoided participating in the shouting about the killing of Charlie Kirk. It is too bad that he was shot. Still, I don't see it as the fault of either the left or right side of the political spectrum. It's more about anger and another deranged gunman.

On a local note, I read that Lynden Schoolboard tabled a resolution to devote a day in the calendar to Kirk. I think if they were devote such a day, there are many other people who should have days in the calendar.

Obviously, to be fair, some folks on the left side of the political spectrum should have a day. Yes, there is the national holiday for Martin Luther King and there is also a holiday for Columbus, which some folks don't like so they wish to rededicate that holiday as "Indigenous People's Day."

In an ideal world, there could be a day for everyone, but there are only 365 days in a year. There's limited resources (days) to work with or fight over.

My grade school, in Pullman, WA. was named for the great inventor Thomas Edison. To be fair, maybe they should name a school for Nikola Tesla who was an ingenious propionate for alternating current.

In the early years of electricity, Edison insisted on sticking with DC current, instead of AC because that's what his powerplants were built for. Edison had so much money already invested in the old system that he resisted the change. In the long run AC current proved much better for building the power grids that we use today, however.

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