In Politico, Michael Schaffer analyzes media coverage of the U.S. Democratic Party’s Presidential primary and finds a cloistered news ecosystem. Candidate Dean Phillips, for example, complains he’s been sidelined by mainstream media who’ve been pressured by President Joe Biden’s campaign. Schaffer compares this with the media free-for-all concerning Republican rivals to Donald Trump.
Disorder Begets Disorder; A Case for Broken Windows Policing
In the City Journal, John McMillian revives the case for the “broken windows” theory of policing, which emphasizes dealing with minor offences such as disorderly behaviour because, if left unpunished, such violations beget more and worse crimes. McMillian retells the history of broken windows’ stunningly successful implementation in New York City in the 1990s – and calls for the policy to be applied once again.