Sunday Morning Coming Down

President Trump( through his Chief of Staff) had announced that his Trump International Golf Course would be the venue for a G7 Meeting in June. The Washington Post reported this morning that the president's golf course in was no longer the venue of choice for the G7 Meeting. "Trump was buffeted by two straight days of allegations of self-dealing and exasperation from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including some Republican allies who said the selection of Doral as the venue for a gathering of world leaders was indefensible." How the Trump Resort was ever under consideration for the economic summit is a great question and how it was chosen is even a better question.  I would like to see the request for proposals (RFP or RFQ) by the government for the conference and meeting services. For security purposes the selection of a site is an important consideration.  Denver, Houston, Sea Island, Williamsburg, San Juan PR and Camp David have hosted previous meetings. No ...

Petersen, a former season ticket holder, wrote a letter to Penn State player Jonathan Sutherland saying that his hair looked "awful" and wished he were more clean-cut like players from years past. He also made a comment about "disgusting" tattoos. In an interview with the Tribune-Democrat posted Tuesday, 1966 Penn State graduate David Petersen said making a racial or cultural statement "was not the intent at all. I would just like to see the coaches get the guys cleaned up and not looking like Florida State and Miami guys." The obvious thing is you are entitled to have an opinion.  The New York Yankees have had an appearance "policy" for over forty five years that included short hair and no beards.  It works for them.  The Miami Marlins under Jeter banned facial hair in 2016 and lost 100 games this year. PSU is 5-0 in the Big Ten and the alumni should be happy.