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February 14, 2024
Four States That Are Leading the Charge for Conservative Education
It’s looking like this year’s election will feature a Trump-Biden rematch — a pairing that’s especially frustrating for education, where the nation is wrestling with a raft of real problems: dismal student…
February 14, 2024
Want To Slash Your Risk For Divorce? Start Going To Church
…Nation asks, “Is Conservative Christianity Bad for Marriage?” and offers this answer: “Research Says Yes.” Online influencers like Pearl Davis suggest Christianity does little to stabilize marriage. Put another way, the culture offers…
February 14, 2024
Valentine’s Day Marred By Loneliness Crisis
…Last year, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory on this new national problem, which was exacerbated by the Covid lockdowns. Following his appointment to the position, Murthy noted growing numbers of Americans…
February 14, 2024
Why You Should Get Married
…get from young men whenever I make the case for marriage at speaking events at colleges and high schools across the nation—recently in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, and Utah. I…
February 13, 2024
The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage
…elite colleges and universities nationally were born to married parents who have since stayed married, versus 51 percent of high-school seniors across the country.) At the same time, a majority of my…
February 9, 2024
Resolving to Learn Lessons from Record Pandemic Fraud
…repeat of staggering taxpayer losses. The coronavirus pandemic tested the nation’s unemployment benefits system more than any previous recession. Lockdowns and mass layoffs starting in March 2020—coupled with unprecedented new…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
…of them. But one thing most people agree is that this is a big problem, for higher education and for our nation. Fortunately, most people are wrong on this one….
February 8, 2024
CTC Expansion Rooted in Desire to Roll Back Work-based Welfare
…work rather than collect benefits, and brought about a profound transformation to the nation’s welfare system. The result—depicted in Figure 1 below—was an unprecedented surge in labor force participation among…
February 8, 2024
Chronic Absenteeism After the Pandemic
Event Summary On February 8, AEI’s Nat Malkus presented on his research into post-pandemic chronic absenteeism and then discussed the phenomenon with a panel of experts. During his presentation, Dr….
February 7, 2024
Solving Benefit Cliffs in SNAP
…“benefit cliff.” A recent report from Erik Randolph of the Georgia Center on Opportunity highlights just how these dynamics work in the nation’s largest food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition…