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My son asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I said the granddaughter he gave me was plenty. The look of joy on my wife’s face every time Poppy’s name is mentioned is the greatest gift I could ever imagine. God is so good.

Today, March 21, 2010-a date that will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the forces of evil bent on our total socialization.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state Senate has passed a resolution to honor World War II hero Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, just weeks after the University of Washington student Senate shot down a measure to honor the UW alumnus. Sen. Luke Esser, also a UW graduate, proposed the measure after what he deemed an "unfortunate" incident at his old school. "He was one of the most heroic fighter pilots in American history," said Esser, R-Bellevue. "Being a guy from UW, I'm proud of Huskies that go on to achieve great things." The student Senate triggered a firestorm three weeks ago after rejecting...

It sounds like the University of Washington student Senate is struggling to make some progress. After turning down a memorial to a notorious World War II Congressional Medal of Honor awardee, alum "Pappy" Boyington, they are now considering a more general memorial. At least this time they are getting it all wrong in a different way. The real problem seems to be the students' "carefully taught" inclination to "massification" -- the tendency of liberal institutions, in the nocturnal twilight of Marxist collectivism, to insist on memorials to classes of people, not individuals. The kiddie Senate is now trying to figure...