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Technicians continue their race against time to remove the bubble of noxious gases under the Capitol dome that is overheating Congress and threatening a catastrophic federal melt-down.

Joseph Califano is moving to cut off $90 million in federal funds to North Carolina’s public university system for continuing to run what the New York Times calls “a racially segregated system of higher education.” The government complaint is that predominantly white schools don’t have enough blacks, that black schools receive less state support, and that duplication of curricula by black and white schools within the same area discourages integration. Note that “predominantly” now means “segregated.” Black students presumably have access to “white” schools, but that won’t do. There must be Balance. Who says? The fellow With the $90 million. Who saw it coming? Those hysterical folks who warned against federal aid to education in the first place.

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Technicians continue their race against time to remove the bubble of noxious gases under the Capitol dome that is overheating Congress and threatening a catastrophic federal melt-down.

Joseph Califano is moving to cut off $90 million in federal funds to North Carolina’s public university system for continuing to run what the New York Times calls “a racially segregated system of higher education.” The government complaint is that predominantly white schools don’t have enough blacks, that black schools receive less state support, and that duplication of curricula by black and white schools within the same area discourages integration. Note that “predominantly” now means “segregated.” Black students presumably have access to “white” schools, but that won’t do. There must be Balance. Who says? The fellow With the $90 million. Who saw it coming? Those hysterical folks who warned against federal aid to education in the first place.