Friday, February 2, 2024

Unexpected political stories

 Today I saw two news stories which are the opposite of what I'd expect based on simple political stereotypes.

First a story about a US Education Department civil rights investigation of Denver Public Schools. The schools are accused of giving preference to minority membership on a district committee. Given the usual left / right divide over affirmative action type policies I was surprised the Biden administration is doing this.

Then I saw a story that NIH has stopped investigating health effects of cell phone radiation. Again, this seems the opposite of what I'd expect. Though this might be explained by the fact that cell phone companies give money on a bipartisan basis to avoid problems of this sort.