There's even a term for what caused me, someone who is notoriously impatient while watching long videos, to watch an hour-plus video of a speech by feminist Christina Hoff Sommers at Georgetown. It's called the "Streisand effect."
Although Sanders, the senator, officially threw his hat in the ring during a press conference Thursday on a grassy spot outside the U.S. Capitol (that’s more interaction with the press than the party’s frontrunner), his run isn’t seen as a serious threat to Hillary Clinton’s chances. In fact, NPR’s Mara Liaison lists three reasons why Sanders’ presence could benefit Mrs. Clinton (he’s a convenient sparring partner, not a real threat, and his last name isn’t Warren).
by Paul R. Gregoryvia What Paul Gregory Is Thinking About (Blog)
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Former German Chancellor (“Alt Kanzler”) Helmut Schmidt appeared on the Sandra Maischberger interview show on Germany’s Channel 1 (ARD) to express his views of the world at age 96. Schmidt served as German chancellor from 1974 to 1982 under his social democratic (SPD) administration. Chain-smoking Schmidt remains Germany’s most popular (living) former chancellor and still has enormous influence over German political thought.
Hoover fellow Michael McFaul discusses the situation in Ukraine and says he believes in arming the Ukrainians. McFaul also notes the Russians are going to defect on sanctions no matter what. Even if Iran violates the terms of the agreement he said that the Russians will vote against snap back sanctions and if we try to get a better deal they will go against us on that too.
Hoover fellow Paul Gregory discusses German Television’s investigation of Death-Flight MH17. Germany’s channel 1 (ARD) asks why the various countries operating flights over east Ukraine, including Germany, did not close these skies. The program speculates that Ukraine did not want to close its air space because of the loss of ATC revenues.
Don’t say Ben Bernanke didn’t do anything for unemployment. After all, the former Federal Reserve chairman now has three jobs. On Wednesday, Pacific Investment Management Co., or Pimco, announced — via Twitter, of course — that Bernanke had signed on as a senior adviser to the fund company known for its bond investing.
Researchers Caroline Hoxby and Sarah Turner of Stanford University and the University of Virginia, respectively, have demonstrated a successful approach through their "Expanding College Opportunities" program, which provided application guidance, information about net college costs, and fee waivers to high-achieving, low-income students (identified after taking the ACT or SAT) at a minimal cost of $6 per student.
“There’s always been this tension between [Republicans’] commitment to education reform and their commitment to a small role for the federal government,” says Michael Petrilli, president of the center-right Fordham Institute, an education policy group.
