Ignorance is Bliss

    Republican members of Congress are ignoring the House committee hearings on the Jan. 6 incidents, claiming they are too busy. The Fox "news" network is devoting much of its time to covering other stories, and its commentators are assailing Joe Biden's efforts to deal with current problems in America.
   Granted, some of the other cable channels are more sympathetic to the Biden administration, and find as much fault as they can with GOP claims that insist the Jan. 6 incidents were peaceful, while other protest demonstrations by civil rights people last year were not.
   But this is not last year. This is now, and civil rights protestors did not smash their way into the Capitol, threatening the lives of the vice president and the speaker of the House. Refusing to watch video of the Jan. 6 attacks does not make it go away, and spreading lies about what happened that day is more than counter-productive, it is dangerous to the American way of life.