Gadfly: Disney’s Fallen in Its Own Trap
“Some on the Right will reflexively cite” the smaller crowds at Disney theme parks this summer as “another example of ‘get woke, go broke,’ ” . Along with “the company’s evolution into an institution with an increasingly outspoken and direct progressive cultural agenda,” Disney’s leadership “embraced the strategy of attracting a smaller but much wealthier clientele.” Hence “the exorbitant admission prices to the parks,” up “considerably faster than the rate of inflation over the past four decades.” But: “There probably aren’t enough outspoken cultural progressives to generate tens of billions of dollars in profits.” So to stay No. 1 in the entertainment biz, Disney will have to mute its “political and cultural antagonism toward conservative Americans.”
Conservative: Liberal Silence on Black Progress
“The black American worker has had a pretty good run in recent years, though you might not know it because the political left and its allies in the press prefer to accentuate black struggle,” . “For starters, the black employment rate of 58.9% is only 1.5 percentage-points lower than the white rate of 60.4%,” for “a historically narrow racial gap.” And “labor-force participation rates for black workers, which have tended to trail those of white workers, now surpass them slightly.” These “positive black economic trends undermine the liberal argument that we live in a society stacked against certain racial and ethnic minority groups, so these trends tend to get played down or spun to advance a left-wing agenda.”
Economist: Biden’s Troubles Are Growing
“President Biden is in a heap of trouble,” . “He faces bribery charges” based on “fact, not fiction” — “this is no Hillary Clinton campaign made-up story.” At the NATO summit, Biden boycotted the opening dinner and wouldn’t talk to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was caught “bowing” before the No. 2 Chinese Communist. So: “We’re bowing to the Chinese, and boycotting out allies? Does anybody get that?” Blue-collar workers “are in full revolt” over “sinking” real income. Even labor leaders have slammed Biden on wages depressed by his climate policies. Ironically, US “ingenuity” can address climate challenges if we “let free-market policies proliferate” and stop our failed “central planning” — a k a “Bidenomics.”
Republican: SCOTUS Isn’t Hyperpartisan
“Every June, the Supreme Court releases its most controversial opinions, and without fail, politicians complain about how those decisions came down,” . In 2015, conservatives voiced “disappointment” when the court “upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.” Now “liberals have taken up the cry,” to the point where Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer “has taken to deriding the entire institution as a ‘.’ ” Yet “the court reached a unanimous outcome in about 45 percent of the 57 cases it heard” this year, while only 9% saw 6-3 decisions. “The court’s defining characteristic isn’t polarization — it’s “instead, a politically unpredictable center.” This term shows that the court “adheres to the Constitution” as it “should continue to do.”
Libertarian: Schumer’s Energy Drink Allegation
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s demand that the Food and Drug Administration investigate Prime Energy as “a serious health concern” marketed to kids is “incredibly misdirected,” . The drink’s label warns it’s “not recommended for anyone under the age of 18,” but Schumer claims it “feverishly targets kids.” So? It has only 200 milligrams of caffeine, notes Soave: “A Starbucks brand K-cup has” carries “twice as much caffeine.” There’s just “no reason to panic and involve the FDA.” This “is actually just a new permutation of the broader panic about social media”: The beverage was created by wrestler and social media star Logan Paul and is associated with Instagram, so busybodies deem it “nefarious by default.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board