Digital divide not a major problem says opinion forum
Odessa American argues that widespread computer use and affordable access lessen the digital divide. A national survey shows most under 60 have used computers and value their benefits while schools, libraries, and markets push access. The piece downgrades alarm over aging and socioeconomic gaps as overstated.
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National Public Radio
Kaiser Family Foundation
Harvard
Kennedy School of Government
NPR
Japan
Public education reform fuels voucher debate in Florida
Cal Thomas argues that Florida's private school vouchers for 53 Pensacola children threaten public schools. He cites George Wallace, NAACP, and Forstmann, framing education as a market and calling for school choice to escape failed public systems. He quotes Shanker on planned economies and cites historical advocates of private schooling.
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Alabama
George Wallace
Florida
Jeb Bush
Pensacola
NAACP
Ted Forstmann
Wall Street
Children’s Scholarship Fund
America
Forstmann
American Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
Robert Seybolt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Thomas
Some friends really are enemies in this election year
Thomas Lowell argues that politicians courting black voters by denouncing racism and recalling past grievances fosters paranoia and division. He likens liberal efforts to Iago manipulating Othello, warns of demagogues harming progress, cites Sri Lanka as a warning, and condemns racial double standards in Clinton era politics.
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Selma
Iago
Othello
Hitler
Sri Lanka
India
United States
al Sharpton
Hillary Clinton
al Gore
Clinton
Senate
Supreme Court
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
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Gore
Lallard
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