In – in terms of, you know, the balloon and – and the capabilities that it has, as you heard at the time, we were aware that it had intelligence collection capabilities, but it was our – it’s – and it has been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or over-flying the United States. And as we said at the time, we also took steps – steps to mitigate the potential collection efforts of that balloon.

Whether the balloon worked or not, they’re likely to want to say it didn’t work. What are they going to do, confirm that a foreign espionage worked?

That’s probably true, and for that matter, even if you imagine a truly colorblind society exists for the next 100 years, it seems likely that inherited wealth and privilege would still be passed down.

Having said that, AA was not a very good remedy. It laser focused on only one thing, sometimes disregarding a clear reality. In an extreme example, if you took someone like David Steward’s kids, they would benefit from affirmative action despite being born to a billionaire.

Keep in mind, colleges and universities can still provide all the advantages they want based on other signals. Good ones might be family income and first-generation college students.

Is France in the dark times?

While Dobbs was a disaster for the public’s perception of the court, the idea that race should not be a factor in college admissions is something the vast, vast majority of Americans agree with. Including 62% (a super majority) of Black respondents.

Why shouldn’t be much of a mystery, either. Part of the very basic premise of a liberal society is that everyone, regardless of their background or ethnicity, should be treated equally.