November 20, 2025
When help holds families back
One of the central contradictions in American politics today is that, despite decades of measurable…
November 20, 2025
Populism Won’t Help US Workers. Here’s What Will
We live in a populist age. Widespread discontent has swept unlikely politicians to the top…
November 19, 2025
Real Estate Red Flag: How Hidden Blue-State Policies are Pricing Out Homeowners
A telling new analysis of rising home maintenance costs from the real estate listing service Zillow, in…
November 17, 2025
The Great Affordability-Washing of the Democrats
The Democrats have a new mantra: “affordability.” It played a starring role in Democratic gubernatorial…
November 12, 2025
Can School Reform Be Bipartisan Again?
Mike Petrilli, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, recently launched a new Substack, SCHOOLED, that…
November 6, 2025
The 9 Million Family-Friendly Apartments Hiding in Plain Sight
The Institute for Family Studies has delivered exceptional research demonstrating that Americans overwhelmingly prefer family-friendly housing with…
October 28, 2025
It’s Leverage, Not Magic—A Better Take on AI in the Workplace
Every year, I teach a one-week course through the American Enterprise Institute’s Honors Program on…
October 23, 2025
Childcare Regulation Limits Choice and Opportunity
Regulation limits many aspects of opportunity and upward mobility. While analysts have highlighted the adverse…
October 21, 2025
Reliability of Government Data Often Requires Asterisks, a Hazard That Predates Liberal Gripes About Trump Manipulating Statistics
Seattle slugger Cal Raleigh this year matched what once stood as a signature baseball record: Babe…
October 16, 2025
The Problem with America’s Health-Care Subsidies
The US federal government shutdown has become a standoff over health care that will likely…
October 15, 2025
Parent-School Partnerships Can Drive Academic Gains. Here’s How
A couple of years ago, in The Great School Rethink, I wrote at some length about…
October 15, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
What should we make of earnings trends in the United States? People can differ in…