Saturday, June 22, 2019

In the news, Monday, June 10, 2019


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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Time to put these misconceptions to rest once and for all.
Myth #1: Homeschoolers are Unsocialized
Myth #2: Homeschoolers are Extremely Sheltered
Myth #3: Homeschoolers are Nerds With No Other Interests
Myth #4: Homeschool Parents Aren't Qualified
Myth #5: Homeschoolers Have Trouble Getting Into College
Myth #6: Homeschool Parents Commit Child Abuse at a Greater Rate Than the General Population
Myth #7: Homeschooling Hurts Our Public Schools

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS,  MIXED  American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

"In areas with the shopping bag bans, there was a huge upsurge in the purchase of 4-gallon bags. These bags are typically thicker than the thin plastic shopping bags and use more plastic. “What I found was that sales of garbage bags actually skyrocketed after plastic grocery bags were banned,” Taylor said in an interview with National Public Radio. “ … so, about 30% of the plastic that was eliminated by the ban comes back in the form of thicker garbage bags.” In addition, a  plastic bag ban causes a jump in the use of paper bags—creating, according to the study, about 80 million pounds of additional paper bag trash a year. That may seem like a reasonable trade-off. After all, paper bags are biodegradable, right? Yes, but the process of manufacturing those bags is still quite intensive, and there’s evidence that paper bags are actually worse for the environment...."

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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