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October 27, 2023

What Happened to the American Dream?

…from its immigration heterodoxies, those concessions are mostly framed as a matter of coalition building and pragmatic political necessity. The underlying liberal social model is assumed to be basically compatible…

October 27, 2023

What liberals don’t understand about men and marriage

…obligation to be the best fathers they can be” regardless of their marital status. We agree with Reeves about this obligation: fatherhood matters even if a marriage never took place…

October 25, 2023

Dispelling Myths About The Child Tax Credit

Every culture has its famous myths, such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster, and the world of politics is no different. Take, for example, President Joe Biden’s claims that…

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 17, 2023

Understanding Poverty Measurement

COSM scholars and AEI affiliates include some of the nation’s foremost experts on poverty measurement. On October 17, COSM gathered several of these scholars to provide a primer on opportunity…

October 17, 2023

What Poor Children Need

…commentators should not be afraid to say that having two married parents helps kids succeed. Messages matter. Those of us with influence on public debates need to do more to re-establish…

October 12, 2023

The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents

…early maternal and neonatal care. The mechanism for such coverage would matter. Vance has shown a willingness to get into policy details and build legislative coalitions in other arenas, so…

October 12, 2023

Now the Administration Is Legislating on Welfare, Too

…at stake. It’s a task for another day to compare the differences between recent congressional and the new administration proposals on all these counts. In the end, those distinctions matter far…

October 12, 2023

Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should

matter. That’s why the three largest “blue states” — California, New York, and Illinois, which, between 2010 and 2020, together lost a total of 1.1 million residents, or more than…

October 12, 2023

I Spoke to Arne Duncan About School Reform. Here Are 5 Takeaways

…Erica Green (you can see the video here). Across town, at exactly the same time, Rep. Matt Gaetz and his gang of very online arsonists were toppling the House Speaker out…