All the Bad News Fit to Print

Sunday is the day we get the New York Times. We buy it for the magazine crossword puzzle and usually I don't look at anything else, but today I decided to leaf through the other pages in hopes of finding a story that wasn't biased against Republicans since I am one I guess. (I'm not a Democrat, certainly, but I don't fit the ridiculous picture of Republicans that has been painted by the media: I don't own a gun or a pickup truck. I am in favor of abortion, although well before the child says its first word. I love gays, at least I love a few of them, and I don't give a damn what transgenders do.) 

Anyway, one of the things I read in the Times today is that "Roughly one in three American adults have  criminal records." I found that to be a staggering statistic! Who knew? Now I'm afraid to go outside.

Speaking of which, something else I read was a long and tortuous article about a woman living with her partner who suffers from PTSD after being beaten up for no reason by a group of thugs. It was a very depressing story which I read in its entirety and definitely wished I hadn't.

On the front page and continuing on two more full pages inside, an article about a 15-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her 45-year-old ROTC instructor in high school stretched the limits of belief. The alleged assaults went on for months, and she never told anyone. Why not? And why did I need to know this? Below that, also on the front page, was an article about how Joe Biden is old and frail and the Democrats are worried. Hmmm, that's an odd story to print in the Biden Bible. What are they planning?

The war in Ukraine continues and in fact Putin says we ain't seen nuthin' yet. Remind me to just do the crossword puzzle in the future.