Sunday Morning Coffee and Paper

I really love Sunday mornings. Another day off (well, sort of, since I'm self-employed and sometimes need to do a little work on this day of "rest"), and a good day to drink lots of coffee and read the newspapers.

We had a great big snow-storm yesterday! Lots of heavy, wet snow. The neighborhood is filled with the icy boulders left behind by the massive plows.

I have to admit, I love this stuff! My dog and I have been out and about a few times since the snow began, and the cool and quiet of the aftermath are really peaceful and calming.

Not too much in the news today since Mr. Nichols was captured/surrendered. Is there any doubt that the female FBI agent shown escorting him into the FBI building was "selected" to be the PC image of the day? I can't imagine that who would escort him was left to chance, and the beaurocrats in the agency likely thought it was a good "image" to have the female FBI agent escorting the female-deputy-overpowering-inmate led in by a woman.

To be clear, I think women can be superb officers. But, I think it's foolish to ignore reality and to act as though there is no difference between a female and male officer--when there are often and likely obvious and apparent differences. Could a strong, beefy and tough female officer do a better job than a weak, scrawny, and wimpy male officer? Of course.

But, the point is that we should look to the individual officer, and make sure the strong, beefy and tough ones are assigned where needed. The reality is that this will often mean a male officer should be assigned instead of a female officer when selecting within a particular group of individuals. And, that's the point. Choose the right PERSON for the task. Don't choose a person because they're "next in line" or "on the schedule" or "because it's his/her turn." A little meritocracy goes a long way.

Who knows, it might have saved three (or perhaps four) lives!

Well, the coffee is kicking in, and that means I gotta run! Later.