I think, perhaps, links tonight

Okay, definitely links.
•One in five people have an error on their credit reports. A proposed new bill would add penalties for credit bureaus that get facts wrong and make it easier for people to correct them.
•The Supreme Court recently ruled that a Michigan rule forbidding any towns, counties, etc. in the state to employ any form of affirmative action was constitutional. Sandra Sotamayor explains why that’s colorblind.
•Since the US is majority-Christian, one right-winger argues, that’s where the majority of newspaper coverage should go, not to Muslims, Wiccans and the like. Anyone want to bet that he’d say the same about a majority secular/atheist nation? Or that in Hawaii, where I believe 80 percent of the population follows Eastern religions, 80 percent of the coverage should be Shinto and Buddhist?
•The FCC’s initial net neutrality proposal would keep the neutral, except when companies pay for better treatment. Meanwhile, Comcast’s proposal to give up four million customers if it gets to merge with Time-Warner works out very well for Comcast. More here. And here.
•There’s a new book out about prostitution and it’s sparked a lot of debate by suggesting that sex work is, in many cases, just work. Echidne discusses the issue, with links to the different sides.
•A columnist argues that unpaid internships help contribute to income inequality, because who but the wealthy can afford them?
•Investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are pumping big money into for-profit colleges. As the federal government provides so much aid to students, it’s a great deal for the investors.
More on pirating copyrighted material. Given how many stories I’ve read that college students also think cheating is perfectly fine, I’m not all that surprised.
•Jonathan Chait looks at complaints that Obama could get Republicans into a bipartisan deficit-slashing deal if the prez just showed leadership. As he says, a lot of people in Washington are quite convinced deficit slashing is the most important thing the government can do—especially if someone else suffers for it.
•Defeating the Dragons says yes, you can be feminist and Christian both.
•Northwestern College administrators are terribly, terribly concerned that their football team would be making a terrible, terrible mistake if it unionizes.
•Despite predictions mobile apps for paying for purchases would be the next big thing, so far we prefer cash and credit cards.
•Some veterans do join right-wing extremist groups and some extremist groups recruit veterans.
•A South Carolina pol wants to end public education to protect Christian students from those “pagan atheistic” public schools. And no, it’s not that unusual to equate atheism and non-Christian religion.

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