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The Peoples Climate March on Saturday in the nations capital had a powerful billionaire behind it: Democratic Party donor George Soros.

Mr. Soros, who heads the Open Society Foundations, contributed over $36 million between 2000 and 2014 to 18 of the 55 organizations on the marchs steering committee, according to an analysis released Friday by the conservative Media Research Center.

Six of the groups received during that time more than $1 million each: the Center for Community Change, the NAACP, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Peoples Action, Public Citizen and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The Peoples Climate March, which came a week after another climate-themed anti-Trump event, the March for Science, ran along Pennsylvania Ave. and ended by surrounding the White House in order to drown out all of the climate-denying nonsense that has been coming out of this administration.

While some of its partners are climate change organizations like NextGen Climate, founded by top Democratic donor Tom Steyer, the march also was heavily backed by labor unions and social justice groups such as Color of Change, which also is backed by Mr. Soros.

Only three of the six organizations on the steering committee NRDC, Public Citizen and UCS actually have anything climate-related in their individual missions, the Media Research Center reported.

The presence of many nonclimate-related organizations leading the march indicated that this climate march (just like the March for Science and the Womens March) is not about a single issue, but about attacking the new administration, MRCs Aly Nielsen said.

She pointed to the marchs usual checklist of liberal policy priorities, such as labor union rights, a minimum wage increase and a halt to attacks on immigrants.

Peoples Climate March organizers made no secret of their antipathy for President Trump, calling for climate, jobs and justice as an alternative to Trumps disastrous agenda.

Trumps game plan has been to relentlessly attack our communities and shock us into despair, march organizers said in a post. It hasnt worked because our people-powered movement is stronger than he is together, the resistance stopped his attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stymied his despicable Muslim ban.

Mr. Soros, a longtime top donor to Democrats and left-wing causes, contributed nearly $10 million to Priorities USA Action, the primary super PAC supporting Mr. Trumps opponent, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 election cycle, according to Open Secrets.

The march was held on the 100th day of the Trump administration.

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Long-serving Liberal MP Duncan McFetridge is quitting the party to sit on the crossbenches of the South Australian Parliament after narrowly losing a preselection fight for his Adelaide electorate of Morphett.

Dr McFetridge told the ABC he would take a "few days off" before making a formal statement to Parliament next week.

He would not say if he planned to contest the next election as an independent.

"I have not made any plans. I am having a lot of discussion with supporters as to which direction I take," he said.

Dr McFetridge has been a member of State Parliament for about 15 years and held a range of shadow portfolios during the Liberals' years in opposition.

He had gone into last month's preselection fight with the public backing of party leader Steven Marshall but lost by a single vote, after a three-way contest.

South Australian voters will go to the polls next March, with the current Mayor of Holdfast Bay, Stephen Patterson, to contest Morphett for the Liberals.

In Labor ranks, party veteran Frances Bedford quit the ALP recently after Health Minister Jack Snelling was endorsed as the candidate for Florey for next year's election.

She said she would remain the local member until at least election time.

Mr Snelling is the member for the neighbouring Playford electorate, but is shifting because of the boundary changes from a recent redistribution.

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Let it never be said Stephen McNeil was afraid to stand up to unions.

Protesters circling Province House, chanting "Steee-vannn" and waving signs, were one of the hallmarks of the Liberal leader's first term as premier. More often than not, labour-related legislation was the source of that protest.

McNeil repeatedly stuck to a position that his government had a certain amount of money it could spend on contracts and it would not deviate from that "fiscal envelope," a position that would keep the Liberals from reaching a collective agreement with any of the province's three major unions.

How the public views thatapproach and the Liberals'motives could well determine the outcome of the upcoming election.

But for his most recent scuffle with teachers, McNeil and the Liberals saw bumps in the polls whenever there was a union-related fracas.

Jason Foster, a professor who studies labour relations at Athabasca University in Alberta, said the combative approach from the Liberals during the last 3 years is a trend for many governments as they try to negotiate contracts.

"It's a pretty common tactic for government especially governments who are feeling some fiscal pressure to target their public sector unions," he said.

The approach here is measured compared to some provinces and states, said Foster, where wages are being rolled back and workers are being laid off. In McNeil's own words, the approach in Nova Scotia was about"slowing down growth" of public sector contracts.

NSGEU president Jason MacLean says unions are trying to maintain what they've already earned through previous bargaining. His members will campaign against the Liberals. (CBC)

The Liberals enter the election campaign having imposed a contract on teachers and having yet to sign deals with the other two major public sector groups: health-care workers and civil servants. The Nova Scotia Government andGeneral Employees Union represents the latter and a good chunk of the former.

NSGEU president Jason MacLean described labour relations in the province as "strained."

MacLean said he sees the Liberals'track record of labour-related bills as anti-union and,in some cases, unconstitutional. It's why the NSGEU is putting on a push with its 30,800 members to try to help defeat the Grits, he said.

"They feel that they know everything and that they can dictate everything to Nova Scotians. However, the ones that they're dictating to are the ones that are serving Nova Scotians."

MacLean said he sees Liberal legislation thatmerged the district health authorities, designated workers as essential services and reserved the right to impose a wage packageas designed so the government could avoidactual negotiations.

Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil says he didn't relish confrontation with unions during his first term as premier, but it was what was necessary to bring order to provincial finances. (CBC)

McNeil, not surprisingly, doesn't see it that way.

His focus in negotiations as premier was on "what was the amount that we could afford that was fair and, at the same time, leaving capacity for government to invest in infrastructure and programs," he said.

McNeil sits across the table from union leaders tasked with doing what's best for their members. But it's his job, he said, to think of the whole province. In many cases that's put him at odds with thousands of workers, something he said he does worry about.

"It's not always a good place to be where you're in confrontation. It's not where I like to be, but it's part of what I have to do.It's part of the job to say, 'This is all I can afford.'"

When the Liberals tabled their latestbudget, McNeilmade the case that many of the investments in the document were possible only because his government took the position it did when negotiating contracts.

Foster said the challenge for governments is that wages make up the largest line item in a budget.

But a confrontational approach can be as much of a challenge because it can lead to people feeling alienated, not working to their full potential, or leaving the public sector altogether, he said.

"And that's a long-term consequence that [governments] don't think about because they're thinking about short-term votes and they're thinking of short-term public opinion."

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Harvey Mansfield likes to say that the job of modern conservatism is to save liberalism from liberals. The educational corollary is that conservatives are the only people who can save the liberal arts from liberalism, which has done its best to ruin them. The post-modern left now dominates the traditional liberal arts disciplines, and wonders why fewer and fewer students want to major in any of those fields any more.

The Wall Street Journal reported last week:

The number of humanities degrees declined by almost 9% between 2012 and 2014, according to a 2016 analysis from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. That led to a drop in humanities share of all bachelors degrees to 6.1% in 2014, the lowest level since record-keeping began in 1948.

Undergraduate students are opting instead for programs leading to jobs in homeland security, parks and recreation and health care. As a percentage of all bachelors degrees, those three disciplines jumped to 17% in 2015 from 9% in 2005, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

I cant argue against practicality, especially with the high cost of universities today (also the fault of liberalism). But on the other hand, there is a use for people training properly in the liberal arts. Just ask the Israelis:

Mossad looking to hire humanities majors

Liberal arts majors can finally stick it to all those naysayers who said their degrees had no employment prospects Israels Mossad spy agency is hiring.

According to a post on the Mossads website, the agency is looking for candidates for intelligence officers with at least a bachelors degree in philosophy, history, law or communications, as well as political science, international relations, Middle Eastern studies, security studies, conflict management and resolution, economics, communications, business management or any of the exact sciences.

The Mossad describes the position as a challenging and influential role at the heart of the organizations activity, that includes responsibilities over producing intelligence reports, formulating intelligence and operational recommendations and turning them into reality.

I doubt theyll want to hire people marinated in postmodern nonsense. My interview screen would be simple: Give me five minutes on Thucydides.

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Can the Liberal Arts Be Saved? - Power Line (blog)

A month after Malcolm Turnbull rolled Tony Abbott for the prime ministership, there was another coupin the Liberal Party.

The scene was Paddington, the affluent suburb in Sydney's eastern suburbs inTurnbull's electorate of Wentworth.

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Ahead of the release of a report into the 2016 election, where the Liberal Party scraped home, the party's director Tony Nutt has resigned.

Turnbull's son-in-law James Brown, an armyveteran turned academic, seized control of the Liberals' Paddington branch from long-time president and Woollahra councillorPeter Cavanagh.

Working with Brown behind the scenes was his close friend Andrew Bragg, a fellow branch member.

"I know he was backing James," Cavanagh said."Ibelieve he helped him to getpeople to turn up and vote."

Last Friday, the Liberal Party announced Bragg as the party's acting federal director following the resignation of stalwart Tony Nutt.

Unless something goes wrong duringhis probation, Bragg is expected to receive a permanent appointment inthe middle of the year.

That would put the little-known 32-year-old who has never run a state or federal election campaign in charge of theLiberals' organisational wing at one of the most challenging times in its history.

A damningofficial review of the last federal election campaign found the Liberals were comprehensively outgunned by Labor. The party's finances were so dire that Turnbull had to tip in almost $2 million of his own money to keep the campaign afloat. And the Liberals aretrailing in the polls, withBill Shorten increasingly confidentof winningthe next election.

The Liberal Party needs a hero andis set to turn to Bragg.

"People were a bit shocked," an insider close to Bragg said of his appointment.

"Everyone agrees we ran a terrible campaign in 2016 so it seems bizarre to put in someone without any nuts and bolts campaign experience.

"Not everyone thinks it was a wise decision."

Bragg's resume looks thin compared to his predecessors. When Brian Loughnane took the job he had beenchief-of-staff to two Liberal leaders and run the Victorian division of the party.Lynton Crosby had run the Queensland division. Andrew Robb had led the powerful National Farmers Federation and served as deputy federal director.

Bragg, by contrast, worked in senior policy roles at the Financial Services Council for seven years before joining the Liberal-aligned Menzies Research Centre as policy director.

"He's been considered more as a think-tank guy than a campaign director," a Liberal MP said. "But there was an absence of other candidates."

Federal directors are only chosen withthe blessing of the prime minister and that'strue of Bragg.

"The PM trusts Andrew and respects him," a Liberal source said. "He has complete loyalty to the PM and loyalty is important to Malcolm."

For several years Bragg, who declined to comment for this piece,was secretary of the Wentworth Federal Electoral Conference, thefundraising and campaigning vehicle in Turnbull's seat.

As well as being good friends with Brown, he was best man at the wedding of long-time Turnbull staffer David Bold.

While one confidante questions whether Bragg is"too close" to the PM, others point to his allies across the party.

Robb, who conducted the recent election review, is said to back his appointment as well as frontbenchers Josh Frydenberg and Alan Tudge.

Menzies Research Council executive director Nick Cater said: "A lot of people talkthe talk but he actually gets things done.

"He may not have the experience of a party insider but he certainly has the right skill set."

Cater has been impressed by Bragg's organisational skills, framing of policy issues and knowledge of digital media.

Businessman Tony Shepherd, who has worked closely with Bragg, said: "He's dynamic, has tonnes of energy and is strong on policy.

"He's a can-do person who brings a younger perspective to the job."

Bragg grew up in Shepparton in regional Victoria, where he attended the local Catholic school. While other students took gap years to travel overseas, he worked on the floors ofthe local fruit packing and dairy factories to save money to study accounting at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Many close to him express surprise he would take the backroomjob given his obvious ambitions to become a politician. Bragg unsuccessfully ranfor a Senate spot last year before narrowly missing out on preselection for theVictorian seat of Murray.

Victorian senator James Paterson, who entered the Senate at28, said Bragg is a "great liberal intellectual" who will one day enter Parliament.

"It's terrific to see the party place its trust and faith in a young person with ideas, energy and creativity," he said.

Another Liberal source, without excess optimism, said: "If we win the next election he can have a Senate seat in any state he wants."

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Next to Berkeley's fascists, Ann Coulter is a liberal New York Post In other words, in the Berkeley context, she's the liberal. She believes in the efficacy of reason and in the free exchanges of ideas. Her enemies do not. Indeed, the budding fascism that progressives feared in the Trump years is upon us, although not ... Ann Coulter the latest target of liberal attack on free speechWashington Times Hannity, Ingraham Propose 'Massive' Free Speech Tour of Liberal College Campuses With Coulter, Limbaugh, LevinBreitbart News Ann Coulter cancels Berkeley event amid protests, says decision 'a dark day for free speech in America'Fox News all 282 news articles »

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Another strong indication that Premier Stephen McNeil will soon be sending Nova Scotians to the polls is promotional material obtained by CBC News that says May 30 will be election day.

The advertisementwasuploaded to a section ofthe Liberal Party's websitethat is not public facing.

The adshows a relaxed-looking McNeil in an open-collared shirt posed next to the slogan "Bulding on a Stronger Nova Scotia." Building is misspelled but the image carries a second message: "On May 30th vote Liberal."

A videotaped, minute-long advertisement was also uploaded to the Liberal Party'sYouTubechannel. Itwas viewable on Friday, but quickly became unavailable.

"I know it hasn't always been easy. But we're stronger now than we were four years ago," McNeil says in the ad, wearing the same clothing as the other promotional material.

"So let's keep building on a province with opportunity for everyone. Let's keep building on a stronger Nova Scotia, together."

The ad ends with another voice: "On May 30th, vote Liberal."

The premier refused to confirm the election date when questioned by reporters on his way to a reception in honour of J.J. Grant, the outgoing lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia.

"You saw an ad that was a mock-up of an ad," he told reporters. "I wouldn't read too much into it. As you could tell it didn't even go through spellcheck."

"There's a number of stuff that obviously the campaign has been doing but I wouldn't read too much into it."

Asked to confirm the date of the vote,McNeil suggested the May 30 date was only one of a numberbeing contemplated.

"Well there was a number of dates, some in and around now. Some are much later in the year."

Nova Scotia's election law states that the minimum length for a campaign is 30 days. McNeil has repeatedly said he is going home to Upper Granville, N.S., for the weekend, but has refused to say whether he willreturn to Halifax to call the election.

If McNeilwere to visit with Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant on Sunday to ask him to dissolve the current House, the May 30 vote would come exactly 30 days later, within the prescribed minimum campaign length.

Opposition LeaderJamie Bailliesaid the campaign material gaffe wasn't funny.

"This is what happens when a premier concocts a scenario where he pretends it's a real budget and he's really beenplotting for an election all along," the PC MLAsaid Friday.

The budget and any other bills currently before the House will die on the order paper when the House is dissolved and the election campaign starts.

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Its a done deal, right?This election is over before its even begun.Or is it?

The story of the election campaign so far has been pretty straight forward; the UKIP vote has collapsed dramatically into the Tory column.I know because I made the switch myself.A large majority of the 3.8 million people who voted UKIP in 2015 look poised to vote for Theresa May.

But there are also signs of another shift underway.As Labour support continues to fall, some of it seems to be gravitating towards the Liberal Democrats.

If the idea of a Lib Dem surge seems far fetched, note that Tory campaign chiefs will now be as focused on not losing votes to the Lib Dems as they will be on hovering up ex-Kippers.

Why?

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Don't laugh off the Liberal Democrat threat just yet Jeremy Corbyn makes them look good - Telegraph.co.uk

Former quarterbacks and ESPN announcers Trent Dilfer, left, and Steve Young work before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the New York Jets on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. CREDIT: AP Photo/Wade Payne

Yesterday was a horrible day at ESPN, and for sports journalism as a whole.

The company reportedly laid off 100 of its reporters and analysts, and while names are still trickling out, the casualties of this cut include ESPN giants like NFL reporter Ed Werder; NFL analyst Trent Difler; espnW and NFL reporter Jane McManus; college basketball expert Andy Katz; and analyst and radio host Danny Kannell. The list goes on and on.

ESPN tried to dress up the cuts with corporate buzzwords, but ultimately, this was about the bottom line. ESPNs business model is dependent upon people purchasing cable subscriptions, and thanks to Hulu and Netflix and the streaming culture in general, fewer people are doing that in todays world.

But that didnt stop extremely vocal factions of the internet for inventing their own reason for the cuts: ESPN has become too political. The liberals are ruining everything. The network is being punished for not sticking to sports.

I truly wish this went without saying, but apparently it doesnt: Reports of ESPNs political agenda have been greatly exaggerated, and politics are absolutely not to blame for the cuts this week.

ESPN is not a political network. Its analysts do not spend hours debating the latest poll numbers, reporting on proposed legislation, or counting down to lawmakers town halls in their home districts.

ESPN covers sports. It just doesnt pretend that those sports happen in a vacuum.

That means ESPN will cover stories like Colin Kaepernicks protest during the national anthem, a team of WNBA players wearing Black Lives Matter t-shirts during warm-ups, and the domestic violence allegations against an potential NFL draftee.

Sports are an escape, yes, but they are also enriched and impacted by the real-life events happening around them. Covering these topics accurately and fairly when they directly intersect with the sports world isnt politics, its journalism.

The word politics has become too all-encompassing, SportsCenter host Jemele Hill said on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch in February. Mike and I arent breaking down the Affordable Care Act. Thats politics. Understanding somebodys right to speak out against injustice, oppression, and police brutality, isnt a political matter. Its right or wrong.

Dont hit women is not politics, her co-host Michael Smith added.

Sorry we dont tolerate bigotry here. Why are you taking offense to us suggesting that African Americansbreaking newshave been treated differently and unfairly for the entirety of this country? Thats not a hot take.

Of course, what Hill and Smith are touching on here is that when people complain about anything getting too political, its a safe bet the criticism is actually that its too liberal. And that usually implies its too diverse or too outspoken about inequality.

The president of the company has pushed back against this idea, too.

The Walt Disney Company and ESPN are committed to diversity and inclusion, ESPN President John Skipper said last year in response to similar accusations that the company had gotten too liberal. We do not view this as a political stance but as a human stance. We do not think tolerance is the domain of a particular political philosophy.

ESPN has gotten notably more diverse over the past few years. Nothing exemplifies the advancements made in that area more than Hill and Smith, a black woman and black man, who co-host the 6:00 p.m. ET SportsCenter.

But its still a company run by rich white mennot exactly the most liberal demographic. It still has many commentators on the air with conservative viewpoints, be it Outside the Lines host Bob Ley, host Sage Steele, or Will Cain. And even more importantly, it has thousands of other front-facing employees whose political leanings are unknown to the general public.

A Media Matters study released this week found that coverage of domestic violence and sexual assault took up less than.35 percent of ESPNs programming during the first quarter of this year, and a third of that coverage came from airing of a documentary about the false allegations against the Duke Lacrosse team. Furthermore, 74 percent of the time, men were the ones on air talking about domestic violence and sexual assault. Those arent exactly statistics that scream liberal agenda.

Thats not meant to knock ESPNs treatment of domestic violence and sexual assault cases, which has at times been nuanced and thorough. Its just an example of how perception and reality dont always match.

Looking at the list of names of those who were fired, there are no overarching political viewpoint that ties them all together. I dont know who most of these people voted for in the last presidential election. I dont know their stance on big government vs. small government, or their position on tax cuts for the rich. I dont know whether they support the fight for $15 movement to raise the minimum wage, or their thoughts on health care reform.

I do know that they worked hard, respected the subjects they reported on, and added nuance, color, and context to the world of sports, both on the field of play and off of it. Sports fans, whether they lean left or right, are worse off without them.

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The myth of 'liberal' ESPN - ThinkProgress

Perhaps its evidence of how liberals project their own behaviors onto others when leveling accusations. Or maybe its just nonsense. Whats for sure is that hard left-wing New York Times and CNN, along with more moderate Fox News, are being sued for it: racial discrimination.

CNN has raised the most hackles of the three, with up to 175 present and former employees interested in joining a class-action racial-discrimination suit against the network. The Times case was filed last year on behalf of two black female employees by New York attorney Douglas Wigdor. Wigdor, apparently a very busy man, is also representing a total of 13 employees in two separate lawsuits against Fox.

The Times suit alleges that CEO Mark Thompson created an office culture of deplorable discrimination based on race, sex, and age. The plaintiffs claim the paper favors young, white, single staffers over older black and female employees.

As the Guardian reported last year, Unbeknownst to the world at large, not only does the Times have an ideal customer (young, white, wealthy), but also an ideal staffer (young, white, unencumbered with a family) to draw that purported ideal customer, the lawsuit, which the womens lawyer said could be extended to up to 50 similar alleged victims, states. In furtherance of these discriminatory goals, the Times has created a workplace rife with disparities.

As for the lawsuit against CNN, it alleges that the companys Atlanta headquarters is rife with racism, the New York Post informs.

The paper continues, Minority employees had to endure bigoted remarks such as Its hard to manage black people and Who would be worth more: black slaves from times past, or new slaves? according to two ex-workers.

The first Fox lawsuit is a class-action complaint by 11 employees who accuse the network of abhorrent, intolerable, unlawful and hostile racial discrimination. The second was brought by black ex-payroll employees Tichaona Brown and Tabrese Wright. They say their boss, who eventually was fired, trafficked in ugly stereotypes, including implying that black men were women beaters, the Post also tells us.

It certainly wouldnt be surprising if the leftist Times and CNN were preaching but not practicing, a common progressive phenomenon illustrated well in Don't listen to the liberals Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows. Nor would it be a shock to learn the plaintiffs are paranoid, are opportunists, and/or are seeking revenge. Yet our response should regardless be the same.

Who cares?

This isnt to say ugly discrimination isnt just that or that it may not warrant remedial scorn and ostracism, only that weve forgotten a simple principle that, if adhered to, would eliminate all these expensive lawsuits: freedom of association.

Its not hard to argue for and is as American as apple pie. Consider: We would agree that you can include in, or exclude from, your home whomever you wish for any reason you please, whether it because hes male, black, white, thin, boring, a coffee drinker, or simply because you dont like his face.

Why should you lose that right merely because you decide to erect a retail faade and sell food, cakes, flowers, or photographic or wedding-planning services?

Its still your property, paid for with your own money and created by the sweat of your own brow. To say that, somehow, you lose your rights because you want to use it to engage in commerce is tyrannical and a sort of economic blackmail: If you want to earn a living, you have to accept rules based on Big Brothers ideology.

There is no sound moral argument against this, only a shallow legal one: Some judges decades ago rationalized that businesses are public accommodations. Of course, this doesnt bring us all the way to Marxisms abolition of private property, but it does blur the distinction between the public and private.

Its a slippery slope, too. With freedom of association held in contempt today, weve not only seen American businesses forced to accommodate Islamic norms, but Christian businessmen persecuted and sometimes put out of business for refusing to service events (faux marriages) they find morally objectionable.

Moreover, through all the regulation, lawsuits, government fines, and billions poured into lawyers coffers, a simple question is seldom asked: Is all this tyrannical government intrusion worth it just to stop one percent of the population from engaging in unjust commercial-arena discrimination?

In reality, such private-sector trespasses are what private-sector remedies (e.g., market and social pressure) are for. An example is baseball, whose 1940s racial integration occurred completely absent government coercion.

Complicating this matter is that racial, ethnic, and sexual discrimination is sometimes justifiable. As I wrote in 2015:

How is the government qualified to determine what constitutes unjust discrimination? One may say that the racial variety is an open-and-shut case, but is this really true? Consider that a German or West Indian restaurant might wish to hire, respectively, only white or only black waitstaff for the purposes of authenticity. Some might object, saying that the establishment should retain the first qualified person who comes along. But what constitutes qualifications?

I know of a female gynecologist who will only hire a woman assistant because she assumes this will make her exclusively female patients more comfortable. Its also conceivable that daycare centers might prefer hiring women. And the top 10 female fashion models earned 10 times as much in 2013 as did their male counterparts. Unjust? The ignoring of qualifications?

Maybe not. A models qualifications involve far more than the ability to parade up and down a runway. The job actually involves attracting and pleasing amarket. This is why being attractive, and not ugly, is a qualification. And given that women models obviously have a more lucrative market, its why being female is integral to maximizing modeling success. Likewise, if male staff members make customers less likely to frequent a gynecological office or daycare center, are they as qualified for that role as female staff?

Now, what of having waitstaff of the wrong race in a restaurant? If the reduction in authenticity diminishes business, isnt being of the relevant race integral to the job qualifications?

And, of course, such judgments are often tolerated, as no one takes up the cudgels for men who might apply for jobs in daycare centers or gynecological offices. Its only politically incorrect racial and sex discrimination that gets attention.

I dont know if the Times alleged hiring standard (young, white, unencumbered with a family) has any basis in market realities. The paper would be better served if it just started reporting the truth. But this brings up another point: If its illegal to discriminate based on age and race, why is it legal (federally and in half the states) to discriminate based on marital status?

Because the government hasnt ended discrimination, an impossible task since it simply means choosing one or some from among many (also known as hiring). It has merely decided what type of discrimination will be allowed, as it creates protected classes and, by extension, essentially unprotected classes.

In other words, it discriminates among types of discrimination.

The only good news in this story is that, after years of playing the race card and promoting political correctness, the New York Times and CNN are being hoisted on their own petards. What goes around comes around and sometimes thats a beautiful thing.

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