but Jason Wyrick’s A column examining the virtues of the less conscious average voter is not an April Fool’s prank. Considering the new research, he writes that “the optimal relationship between politics and good citizenship may need to be updated.”
Data shows that the more confident citizens are in their understanding of the issues facing the country and their qualifications to participate in the political process, the less likely they are to harbor warm ambivalence toward members of the opposition. That’s it. Surprisingly! Jason writes that if we all knew and cared a little more, we might be able to do better.
This feels… anti-democratic. no?
Jason anticipates that nonsense, writing that it depends on what you think democracy is for. If democracy is about translating the will of voters into policy, then so be it.
But if “democracy is a mechanism for ensuring social stability in a society with diverse opinions,” well, people should think again.
Enough about the defectors. Let’s check out the disillusioned people.
Heather Long This column is about the “harsh introduction to capitalism” for people under 40 and their lingering anxiety about their economic foundations. Millennials were hit hard by the Great Recession, the subsequent slow recovery, and the pandemic, all while Social Security was depleted and pensions headed toward extinction.
Alas, at a meeting of corporate executives looking for answers, when Heather suggests a solution to disillusionment: “treating your employees better,” she almost tells the joke herself. maybe. Executives hurried to explain the situation.
Heather specifically highlights one area of ​​improvement that will improve employee prospects: securing retirement benefits.
Chaser: Jen Rubin Supreme Court Justices Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas are, after all, acting normally, he wrote. Okay, haha. that One of them is really a joke, but you might do a double take on Jen’s actually sincere assessment of Amy Coney Barrett’s “amazing independence.”
From an editorial by gender equality scholars Melanne Verveer, Karima Benun and Lina Tri Jiang It ruled that the Taliban’s policy was “gender apartheid.” Their statistics on working women are accompanied by hard data on girls’ education, women’s leadership, gender-based violence, and women’s health care. One Afghan woman dies in childbirth every two hours.
The dire situation and statutory oppression of women in Afghanistan is comparable to other countries’ past policies of racial apartheid, and international recognition of the gendered version applies first generally and then specifically. is necessary, write Vervya, Benun, and Tori Jean. here.
They explain that this is not just a fancy phrase. International law makes it an international obligation to end instances of apartheid. Thus, they write, the apartheid framework “could prevent further slippage” in the Taliban’s international normalization, meaningfully protecting women in the process.
Chaser: Only a fearless peacebuilder in the mold of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in the 1970s can end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. max boot is written.
Are there any Beyoncé fans around you? Cartoonist Edith Pritchett We’ve got the perfect gift guide to celebrate last week’s release of Bey’s country album “Cowboy Carter.”
But even if $9,000 for a few cows isn’t in your price range, take comfort in knowing that the album itself is a gift, a welcome homecoming gift to Black Americans. brian bloom is written.
Brian remembers the golden rule of music from his childhood. “Anything white people sang was white music. Anything black people sang was black music.” He also recalled some sneaky jam-outs with Duran Duran.
‘Cowboy Carter’ is a license to listen to Beyoncé’s song Beyond racial barriers, writes Brian. But what are those lines in the first place? And haven’t they long been far more pervasive than playground rules are believed to be?
- Lee Hochstadter It foreshadows the upcoming European Parliament elections and the “upheaval” of right-wing populism that could derail the entire continent.
- The Justice Department’s vaunted antitrust lawsuit against Apple isn’t a blockbuster hit, editorial committee Decide.
- E.J. Dionne Explaining the common lessons from the Ronna McDaniel and NBC debacle and Trump’s Bible business.
Goodbye. It’s a haiku. It’s… Bye-Ku.
Until Bey accomplishes it all.
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