Pathetically lionizing Colbert, a white George Floyd? and other commentary

“Another death in police custody,” this time of an “18-year-old British student named Henry Nowak,” shows a striking “asymmetry” of response: the global outrage over George Floyd’s 2020 death vs.silence on Nowak — who was arrested and handcuffed by Southampton, England, police while he was bleeding out after being stabbed by a man wielding “a ceremonial Sikh knife known as a kirpan,” notes Dan Hannan at the Washington Examiner.The assailant “claimed that he had been racially abused” by Nowak, so “the officers’ first reaction was to put the dying man in handcuffs.”This demonstrates the “power of the anti-racism taboo, especially in the public sector,” where “being accused of racism is often career-ending.”“Both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA)” are accused of “spending tens of millions of dollars on electing Democratic political candidates,” fumes Frannie Block at The Free Press, prioritizing “politicking over the needs and interests of their union members.”In fiscal year 2025, just 10% of “the NEA’s $450 million annual disbursement budget” went “directly” for member activities, while it “reported $51.7 million in political activities and lobbying,” plus “$123.3 million in contributions, gifts, and grants.” “Of the NEA’s political spending,” over 90% “went to Democrats.” Meanwhile, “substantive gains for teachers have been diminishing,” e.g., “the average teacher salary has fallen” more than 6%, even as “per pupil spending rose” 25%.“Miami’s apparent incorporation into the Republican coalition has not settled the deeper question of whether the city’s Hispanic majority has assimilated into the American mainstream,” contends Gil Guerra at City Journal.

Research shows “Spanish language retention is abnormally high in Miami” — yet “English fluency” has also “increased.” And “Miami performs well” in o...