Wednesday roundup
Wednesday - 19Dec2018 Filed in:
Headlines“No, a Texas school district did not require speech pathologist Bahia Amawi to sign a "pro-Israel oath," nor even to promise not to personally boycott Israel.”
“The Transportation Security Administration has set out an alarming vision of pervasive biometric surveillance at airports, which cuts against the right to privacy, the “right to travel,” and the right to anonymous association with others.”“Several circumstances have contributed to the decline of Scouting in the United States. The first, often overlooked, is the “sophistication” of our teenagers. Being a Scout in the 21st century, wearing a uniform, going on camping trips, and pledging loyalty to the Scout Laws, has lost the cachet it enjoyed up until the 1960s. Being a Scout just isn’t cool anymore. No matter how the leadership of both organizations tried to swing it, they haven’t managed to hook teenage imaginations.”“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”
“The tech giant actually stands to gain by legally hamstringing competition with tough regulations.”
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