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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Opposition to Busing Doesn’t Equal Support for Segregation
During the second Democratic presidential debate, Kamala Harris stated that Joe Biden was “wrong to oppose busing” and equated this to support for racial segregation. In reality, supporters of integration broadly opposed busing because of its downsides. After busing was implemented in the early 1970s, national polls found that 84 percent of whites and 92 percent of blacks thought that students of all races should attend school together, but only 15 percent of whites and 40 percent of blacks supported busing.
History Shows We Shouldn't Regulate Big Tech
There is no rest for the Big Tech corporations of today. A growing animosity toward Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon has gained mainstream traction, seen by increasingly louder calls by activists and politicians from across the political spectrum to regulate tech markets. This phenomenon—commonly referred to as “techlash”—is a bipartisan policy concern albeit for vastly different reasons. US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren decried Big Tech as posing risks for American democracy due to public reliance on it, while Republicans such as Trump and Senator Ted Cruz have lambasted Big Tech for an inherent self-regulatory bias against conservatives. But before we jump to the conclusion that government bureaucrats need to rein in Big Tech, we must constantly keep in mind and appreciate just how gargantuan of an impact the internet has had in ameliorating liberal democracies and human freedom. If history is any guide to action, we would still be far better off in a world of imperfect self-regulation.
Opposition to Busing Doesn’t Equal Support for Segregation
During the second Democratic presidential debate, Kamala Harris stated that Joe Biden was “wrong to oppose busing” and equated this to support for racial segregation. In reality, supporters of integration broadly opposed busing because of its downsides. After busing was implemented in the early 1970s, national polls found that 84 percent of whites and 92 percent of blacks thought that students of all races should attend school together, but only 15 percent of whites and 40 percent of blacks supported busing.
History Shows We Shouldn't Regulate Big Tech
There is no rest for the Big Tech corporations of today. A growing animosity toward Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon has gained mainstream traction, seen by increasingly louder calls by activists and politicians from across the political spectrum to regulate tech markets. This phenomenon—commonly referred to as “techlash”—is a bipartisan policy concern albeit for vastly different reasons. US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren decried Big Tech as posing risks for American democracy due to public reliance on it, while Republicans such as Trump and Senator Ted Cruz have lambasted Big Tech for an inherent self-regulatory bias against conservatives. But before we jump to the conclusion that government bureaucrats need to rein in Big Tech, we must constantly keep in mind and appreciate just how gargantuan of an impact the internet has had in ameliorating liberal democracies and human freedom. If history is any guide to action, we would still be far better off in a world of imperfect self-regulation.
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The return of Chief Tsulpi’multw’s ceremonial blanket
Daniel Marshall: Last month, we celebrated National Indigenous Day (June 21). The Cowichan Tribes celebrations were attended by close to 1,000 people throughout the day, with many coming out to witness the official return of a remarkable artifact: the ceremonial blanket worn by Chief (Charlie) Tsulpi’multw in London, England, 113 years ago during an audience at Buckingham Palace with King Edward VII – Queen Victoria’s son and successor.
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from The Orca News & Media Website in B.C.
The return of Chief Tsulpi’multw’s ceremonial blanket
Daniel Marshall: Last month, we celebrated National Indigenous Day (June 21). The Cowichan Tribes celebrations were attended by close to 1,000 people throughout the day, with many coming out to witness the official return of a remarkable artifact: the ceremonial blanket worn by Chief (Charlie) Tsulpi’multw in London, England, 113 years ago during an audience at Buckingham Palace with King Edward VII – Queen Victoria’s son and successor.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Citizenship question part of other Census survey, why not official Census?
In the midst of the kerfuffle over the 2020 Census, our household received an unsigned letter from “Director, U.S. Census Bureau.” It came in the same oversized envelope as political junk mail, and seemed in the same category as the stupidly obvious calls purporting to be from the IRS and demanding immediate payment in Walmart gift cards. But the letter turned out to be legit. Our address had been randomly selected for the American Community Survey. The ACS is carried out annually. It’s sent to a statistically determined random sampling of households in every county, every year instead of to all households every 10 years. And it does ask the citizenship question.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Citizenship question part of other Census survey, why not official Census?
In the midst of the kerfuffle over the 2020 Census, our household received an unsigned letter from “Director, U.S. Census Bureau.” It came in the same oversized envelope as political junk mail, and seemed in the same category as the stupidly obvious calls purporting to be from the IRS and demanding immediate payment in Walmart gift cards. But the letter turned out to be legit. Our address had been randomly selected for the American Community Survey. The ACS is carried out annually. It’s sent to a statistically determined random sampling of households in every county, every year instead of to all households every 10 years. And it does ask the citizenship question.
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