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July 23, 2023

Lawlessness Is Spreading in Our Cities

…were not financially motivated: “They are doing it for the rush or the thrill,” he wrote. In the Washingtonian, Sylvie McNamara reported a similar narrative: “Young people are simply carjacking for…

July 21, 2023

Why Freedom Conservatism Matters

…reign.” Immorality and dissolution are left undefined, and what happens when the Left gets to set these terms is not said. “Where a Christian majority exists,” National Conservatives say, “public…

July 18, 2023

The Great Recession, COVID-19, Interest Hikes Left a 15-Year Mark on Housing

…Here’s the short answer: The Great Recession pushed down the number of mortgages in the region, and then COVID-19 pushed that number back up The median value of mortgages also…

July 13, 2023

The Test Isn’t the Problem

…exam schools, such as Stuyvesant High School, have been a particular blessing for Asian students, many from low-income immigrant families, who make up 83 percent of the student body. By contrast,…

July 12, 2023

Local News and Social Capital

…models have emerged. These include for-profit sites and papers such as the Appalachian News-Express, which relies on not only advertising but other revenue sources, including real estate rentals, and print operations…

July 7, 2023

The 21st Century Decline of Economic Freedom

…the new analysis, “Economic freedom, 1850–2020: New evidence” by economic historian Leandro Prados de la Escosura. There are two important things to note about that chart. First is the definition…

July 6, 2023

The End of Affirmative Action Calls for a Renewed Conservatism of Opportunity

…It also did little to help those African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans (not to mention whites and Asian Americans) who failed to complete high school or graduated unprepared for…

June 30, 2023

The U.S. Could Learn a Lot from This School in the U.K.

…Arizona adopted universal ESAs, for example, Great Hearts Academies, a well-regarded charter-school operator, moved quickly to launch a network of private, classical Christian academies aimed at low-income families who are now armed…

June 26, 2023

Why There Are So Few Black Kids at Stuyvesant: Private Schools and Charter Schools Pull Top Students Out of the System

…In 2022, only 1% of Black students scored at the advanced level in reading. By contrast, 5% of white and 12% of Asian students scored at that level. These shares were exactly…

June 24, 2023

City Can No Longer Afford Life-Long Subsidies for Lucky NYCHA Tenants

…not just for those of lowest-income. This mixed-income approach overlooks an essential truth about housing markets: New construction of any kind increases overall supply and brings down median prices. Releasing…