SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:31 P.M. ET: 

NICE, HUH? – From London's Daily Mail:   A Black Lives Matter protester burned an American flag outside the GOP debate last night as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Milwaukee.  A man set fire to the flag outside the Milwaukee Theater, where the Republican presidential candidates were speaking, and said he was protesting against the death of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police.  He and two other men were earlier seen trampling over the U.S. flag while holding their fists in the air as they raised a Black Liberation flag.   You may be sure that, behind these "protests" are the standard old red groups, who exploit these protesters for their own use.  The language, over the years, stays remarkably the same.

TRENDS – From Reuters:   A record portion of young U.S. women are living with parents or other relatives, largely because of higher college attendance and delayed marriage, a research report said on Wednesday.  The Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data showed that 36.4 percent of women ages 18 to 34 lived with family in 2014, mostly in the home of mother, father or both.  The number tops the record set in 1940, when 36.2 percent of young women lived with relatives, the analysis said. 1940 is the earliest year for comparable data.  Among young men, 42.8 percent were living with relatives last year, below the 1940 high of 47.5 percent.  Those figures from 1940 represent an economy that had not yet been mobilized for World War II.  It was a late-Depression economy.  From what I've seen, economics plays a major role in young people still living with their parents.  Recovery?  What recovery?

GOOD GUY – From the Dallas News:   A group of veterans were in for quite a surprise Tuesday while touring the George W. Bush Presidential Center.  As the group toured the Oval Office exhibit on Veteran’s Day, former President George W. Bush made a surprise entrance, speaking and taking pictures with the group of veterans.  “One of the things I’m dedicated to, for the rest of my life, is helping vets,” Bush said. “I miss saluting those who wear the uniform. And the reason why is after we got attacked on 9/11, I made it clear that we were going to defend ourselves and millions of people volunteered, not thousands but millions, such as you all.”  He's a good guy.  He has a warmth that Obama lacks, and he understands America.

November 11, 2015