How do you know quota policies really help equality
Walter E Williams argues quotas misallocate jobs based on race and gender, creating suspicion about achievements and fueling racial bias. He cites examples from sports and policing, contending that racism and sexism persist when quotas drive recognition and advancement rather than merit.
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America
Larry Byrd
Boston Celtics
Clarence Thomas
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Basketball Association
NBA
Byrd
Chris Evert Lloyd
Martina Navratilova
Chrisy
Martina
Ivan Lendl
John McRaree
New York City
Heritage Features Syndicate
Education budget talk from William Bennett prompts debate
Washington interview with Education Secretary William Bennett questions if Congress should cut or reduce federal education funding. Bennett argues that federal dollars are small and less potent than state and local funds, citing a 60 cent return after overhead and noting test scores rose with back to basics efforts rather than new federal programs. He urges focusing on standards, homework, and time on learning to lift achievement.
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Washington
Education
William Bennett
U.S
Congress
Bennett
Reagan
Uncle Sam
Capitol Hill
Joseph and Brazil beef boom to bust lesson
A News-Post News Service analysis links Joseph’s dream of seven fat and seven lean cows to Brazil’s cattle boom and later shortage. It notes Brazil cut herd from 127 million to 90 million, causing price and supply crises, and suggests U.S. dairy and beef policy as a global storehouse solution.
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Washington
Joseph
Egypt
Brazil
U.S
United States
Andy Rooney Designs Home Conveniences List
Rooney envisions a future of in home luxuries and automatic helpers. He imagines air blowers to dry after showers a garage car wash automatic laundry and dish clearing tables that move between dining room and kitchen ceiling delivery tables ceiling lights focused reading beams and built in basements pools with connected channels. He also proposes a ceiling mounted TV and bedside phones with lateral elevators and dumbwaiters for room to room delivery.
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Tritune Modis Services, Inc
The Station Wagon Becomes a House for a Mouse
A long serving station wagon, nicknamed a Cape Cod car, endures rust and repairs as its owner contemplates its end. A field mouse now calls the outdoorsy vehicle home, riding along with the dog and owner during trips to the post office.
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Cape Cod
Boston
Charlie
Surrogacy and the Law: Custody, Contracts, and Ethics
A New Jersey case tests whether private surrogacy agreements are enforceable and whether paid surrogacy constitutes baby selling. Experts note a lack of federal law, with over 20 states weighing regulation, and debate ethical, religious, and constitutional implications for family, parenthood, and child rights.
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New Jersey
Keane
William Pierce
National Committee For Adoption
Pierce
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
King
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Donald Lambro
United Feature Syndicate
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Robert G. Lewis
Nile
News-Post News Service
Andy Rooney
John Hughes
The
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times Synd
Curtis J. Sitomer
Patricia King
Georgetown University Law
American Bar Association
Lori Andrews
American Bar Foundation
Michigan
Noel Keane
Los Angeles Times
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