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November 1, 2023

The Ultimate Social Capital: A Story to Save the Union

…was ratified, there were secession movements in the Appalachian, Scots-Irish dominated sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (the so-called Whiskey Rebellion) and New England (during the War of 1812). The…

October 31, 2023

It Takes Two

…difference. They could adopt curriculums that emphasize the “success sequence,” as does the Vertex Partnership Academies network of charter schools founded by my American Enterprise Institute colleague, Ian Rowe. The success sequence…

October 27, 2023

What Happened to the American Dream?

…steady growth and low unemployment, but also of growth that was more widely shared than in much of the recent past — with the strongest improvement in median incomes since the 1990s, wage…

October 27, 2023

What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage

…coordinator at the Institute for Family Studies. She previously worked in research with sociologist Christian Smith and studied Great Books, theology and constitutional studies at the University of Notre Dame….

October 25, 2023

The Freedom to Choose

…a more heterodox and less exclusively economic way than we typically think of it. His argument makes compelling points, especially in the way it extends the Madisonian principle of how competing interests secure liberty…

October 24, 2023

Roanoke Atones for Urban Renewal—Artistically

…in movie-still-like action: Doctor Brooks of the Brooks Drug Store on Henry Street, the owners of Louise and Lillian’s Beauty salon, Big Nick of Weeby’s Groceries, and more. Shadow and…

October 23, 2023

Teach Your Children Well

…are also real habits and real pieces of knowledge that enable some kids to get ahead. And they matter a lot more than whether you know different words for Italian

October 12, 2023

The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents

…education. And indeed, all of these proposals fit into a larger agenda for parents. Different kinds of conservatives with different kinds of priorities — from the more libertarian to the…

October 10, 2023

New White House Proposal to Further Alienate Religious Foster Parents

…motivated to do this work because of their faith. And more than 80% attribute their success in fostering to the support of their faith.  As Jedd Medefind of the Christian

October 5, 2023

Do 60 Percent Of American Workers Have Insecure Jobs?

…at least $40,000 in 2022. Not too different from American Compass. Incidentally, the median female worker in this group earned $45,000. American Compass has selected an initial criterion for job…