‘The great departure is now the big stay’
Jonathan Levin at Bloomberg
“The big departure is in the rear mirror,” says Jonathan Levin. The speed that the workers finish their jobs has dropped below pre-pandemic levels. This can be a good sign, which indicates that workers “have no reason to shop” because wages have grown. Or it can be a worrying indication that “The labor market is not all sunshine and roses.” Either way, this can facilitate fear that “too narrow labor markets and hot wage growth” will transfer inflation again.
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‘Trump needs Haley voters to win back the White House’
Marc A. Thiessen in the Washington Post
President Joe Biden is “deeply vulnerable”, but former President Donald Trump is “almost as unpopular,” says Marc A. Thiessen. “Trump’s Hardcore Maga base is stuck behind him,” but many non-magic-republicans and independence really dislike him. Now that Nikki Haley has lost, Trump Woo must have her supporters, whom he has dismissed as “Rinos.” If he fails to win over Haley supporters and other “not Trump again” voters “, it may cost him the White House.”
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“School issues we fight over are not the ones that mean something”
Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times
Republicans claim that American schools are tormented with “waking” teachers, says Nicholas Kristof. But GOP is the “child’s poverty party”, an obstacle to learning. The left got “in the way of education” also by supporting exaggerated pandemic school closures that “caused a huge concept of education.” The real problem is that for many students just not get “the education they need.” Instead of “screaming at each other” about banning books, adults should meet about reforms for the sake of the children.
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‘Dear Government: Stop trying to get TikTok -Ban to happen’
Elizabeth Nolan Brown on reason
“Politicians will not stop trying to get a Tiktok ban to happen,” says Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Former President Donald Trump tried it because of the social media app’s China band. So did Montana’s legislature. “Courts said no.” Legislators in the Chamber and Senate proposed two legislative proposals that did not go anywhere, and now the House Select Committee introduces the Chinese Communist Party another. To stifle “a popular media platform based on vague accusations of errors” offends “the first amendment and the right process.”
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