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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest measure of income inequality after taxes and transfers shows income inequality was lower in 2016 than it was in 2007. And CBO expects it to remain lower than 2007 through the farthest point of its forecast — 2021.
The archbishop of Canterbury has warned of the dangers of centralisation, saying local networks and communities have become more important than ever during the Covid pandemic. Many people look instinctively “for central direction in such an acute crisis”, and the government has “determined the daily details of our lives” over recent months, Justin Welby says in an article in the Daily Telegraph written jointly with Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London. But, he adds: “Here’s our challenge for the next phase of this complex, painful and hugely challenging time: let’s place our trust in the local, and make sure it is resourced, trained, informed and empowered. Some places will get things wrong – but that is true of central leadership too.”
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
For such a small item, plastic bags receive a surprising amount of public attention. In recent years, many countries have introduced penalty taxes on plastic bags’ use and a fair number of nations have banned plastic bags altogether. In America, eight states and several cities have already banned single-use plastic bags. Ironically, it was precisely to reduce waste that Americans switched from paper to plastic in the first place. Journalist and author John Tierney, who has written much on the foolishness that is the panic over plastic, traces the history of the “throwaway society“ in a recent article for the City Journal: “American merchants and shoppers switched from paper to plastic packaging because it reduced waste. Plastic was cheaper because it required fewer resources to manufacture. It required less energy to transport because it was lighter. Plastic took up less space in landfills than paper, and it further reduced the volume of household trash because it preserved food longer.” The political fight over plastic is symbolic – it nudges human behavior in a direction that feels good rather than really improving things that we say we care about.
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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“Governor Inslee and the Apple Maggots” sounds like a name for a rock band. Bless his heart, Gov. Jay Inslee meant well, but it would have been better if he’d stayed home. His post-wildfire condolence visits to Eastern Washington have endangered the health of Washington’s apple industry.
While it’s known there was some spread from the rally, the Sturgis paper was an unreliable measure of that spread, and likely overstated it dramatically. And I revved the engine on that overstatement. I should have worked harder to put this research to the test before publishing a column. One of the reasons I didn’t, I’m sure, was the degree to which the paper reinforced my own beliefs that virus skeptics, mask refuseniks, and those who ignore health guidelines and minimize the threat of the virus – as the half-million Sturgis ralliers did – are putting others at risk during the pandemic.
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