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Friday, April 6, 2018
Like Lincoln, King Now Belongs to the Ages
One of the best things about the passage of historical time is how the partisanship of a given moment melts away.
Genetics Is Undercutting the Case for Racial Quotas
“I am worried,” writes Harvard geneticist David Reich in The New York Times, “that well-meaning people who deny the possibility of substantial biological differences among human populations are digging themselves into an indefensible position, one that will not survive the onslaught of science.”
A Brutal Revisitation of Chappaquiddick
One measure of how old we’re getting is realizing how many voters today have no familiarity with the Chappaquiddick scandal.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Second-Graders Exposed to ‘White Privilege’ Lessons
Children at a Raleigh, North Carolina, grade school were given lessons on white privilege that left at least one parent demanding to know why eight-year-olds were being exposed to such radical concepts.
America Is Still the Home of Innovation
Those who pay attention to the news are used to hearing a litany of problems. And they’re used to hearing something else: calls to spend more taxpayer money on some federal program to fix those problems.
Memo to FDA’s Gottlieb: Help Entrepreneurs Don’t, Hinder Them
Thanks in large part to President Trump’s aggressive deregulation agenda — through which the president has demonstrated a commitment to cutting or restructuring unnecessary, burdensome rules that hamper innovation and growth — the economy is booming. Unfortunately, one poorly considered rule that seems to have escaped his notice will hurt the businesses that provide one of America’s favorite foods: pizza.
Is It Over? Probably Not
There is a surprising Washington Post story reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller told President Trump’s attorneys that the president was not a “target” of the investigation. However, the president is a “subject” of the investigation, which is a less threatening legal status.
Pro-Lifers Unleash on Dog Tweet
Believe it or not, Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards is a huge believer in adoption. For dogs.
Making the Government Less Larcenous
After two years of stonewalling about its theft of Gerardo Serrano’s 2014 Ford F-250 pickup truck, the government suddenly returned it.
If Laura Ingraham Goes Down for ‘Bullying,’ You’re Next!
What did Fox News’ Laura Ingraham say that cost her advertisers?
Trump Is Cutting Old Gordian Knots
The proverbial knot of Gordium was impossible to untie. Anyone clever enough to untie it would supposedly become the king of Asia. Many princes tried; all failed.
We Used to Care About One Another
Once upon a time, we cared about the welfare of our fellow Americans. Farmers in the Midwest devastated by tornadoes, trailer parks washed away in a Florida hurricane, our country’s ranking on various international comparisons — we all rooted for our fellow Americans.
Picasso Was a Neanderthal, N’est-ce Pas?
There have been some very auspicious developments in human evolutionary studies that ought to allow us a welcome respite from my usual political ramblings in this space.
Free Speech Takes Another Hit
Fox News host Laura Ingraham has apologized, as has the network, for nothing more serious than her tweet: “David Hogg rejected by four colleges to which he applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA ... totally predictable given acceptance rates.)”
The Citizenship Question Isn’t the Only One the Census Should Scrap
Within hours of the Commerce Department’s announcement last Monday that there will be a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, the state of California had gone to court to block it. Announcing the lawsuit, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra claimed that the Constitution bars the Census Bureau from asking people who live in America if they are U.S. citizens. That sounds ridiculous, because it is.
Trump’s Tit-for-Tat Trade Policy Could Leave the Economy in Tatters
President Donald Trump claimed in a tweet that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
The VA — Politics Over Problem-Solving
It’s what DC does best. First we had the March for our Lives, which was a blatantly political event masquerading as a student safety program, designed to keep the “gun control” issue alive for the November midterms. Then we got the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reshuffle.
The Problem of FOSTA
The 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a new form of online-only marketplace. Companies like Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist became household words by providing familiar services from the convenience of a computer monitor. In 2004, Backpage.com joined the online advertising market; as of 2011, it trailed only Craigslist in connecting sellers with interested buyers.
Amazon Isn’t a Villain
President Donald Trump gets results. His attacks on Amazon have tanked the company’s stock.