I cannot answer for the editors of this particular Op-Ed page.
But, the real world reality of the topic is that that bloke ...plead guilty, this week, to seditious conspiracy.
This week. He did that.
THAT makes it a 'current event'.
Now, more importantly than one poster's desire to shelf-life the discussion, is that it was a "conspiracy".
One doesn't do 'conspiracies' by oneself.
There are more blokes in the mix.
I kinda sorta expect we will see more of 'em in the 'current' new in the foreseeable future..
The cake bakes. Albeit, with fewer interested eyes watching it.
But, it bakes.
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Of course, some do.
A lot don't though.
And too, some want to move beyond it quickly.
Sorta like Rover scratching dirt over his scat.
But, admittedley, with the more 'headline-y' stuff about Bad Vlad burning down Ukraine the January 6th events will continue to recede in the public's concience. It is what it is.
However, I personally hope that the Select Committee will act as thorough fulsome historians of the actors, the acts, and the implications of what happened on Janaury 6th. So it doesn't happen again. Or that we be more anticipatory of it happening. And that we be better prepared against it.
January 6th was one single day. But there was an awful lot of foreplay prior.
We, as interested and responsible citizens need know all of it.
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Well, not quite.
It ain't that simple.
Life is complicated.
Hence, the title of the OP.
America CAN do more than one thing at a time.
We CAN....and should.....support the people of Ukraine as much as we prudently can....materially, and otherwise.
BUT, also......we need to autopsy the attacks of Janaury 6th as thoroughly as possible.....identifying and describing the acts, identifying the actors and what they did, and explaining the planning, preparation, and intents that made it come to be.
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Lastly, for those who fuss about desperate hispanic immigrants who break into America to work.....well, I would suggest you start a separate thread on that very complex issue.
Good luck.