SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET: 

NEW, AND DIFFERENT, STUDENT WALKOUT – FROM FOX:   A group of students at a Central Florida high school walked out of class Friday as part of a protest in support of the Second Amendment.  Some of the students who participated in the walkout at Rockledge High School told WFTV that when the movement to honor the victims and survivors of the shooting in Parkland became political, they felt silenced.  “I’m pro-Second Amendment,” Rockledge junior and protest organizer Anna Delaney told the station. "I wouldn’t mind deeper background checks, of course, but the Second Amendment will not be infringed upon.”  Many Rockledge students walked out of class March 14 as part of the National School Walkout that was held in support of the Parkland school shooting victims and to protest gun violence and call for new gun control measures. They stood on the football field and formed a huge heart.  About 75 students participated in Friday’s walkout at Rockledge, Florida Today reported. The protest lasted 20 minutes.  These kids showed guts in going against the tide, and they behaved superbly.  Don't know if CNN will interview any of them.

A GOOD ENDING – FROM FOX:    A Purple Heart medal earned decades ago was reunited with family members of a World War I veteran on Wednesday after it was found at an Arizona pawnshop.  The Tucson Police Department said Officer Jim Caccavale spotted the medal belonging to Leon Elie Lyon a few months ago after reviewing reports from local pawnshops, and contacted the group Purple Hearts Reunited, which helps return lost or stolen medals to veterans and military families.  The person who sold the medal to the pawn shop claimed it came from Ohio about 20 years ago. Glen Lyon, the colonel's grandson, told Tucson News Now his family never thought they'd see the medal again.  "If somebody takes something from you, you never expect it to come back," he said. "The chances, I guess, are one in a million."  This reminds us of what a medal symbolizes.  It is not merely a decoration.

March 31,  2018