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October 4, 2023
Variety Is the Spice
…Washington Heights. It estimates a potential for about 200,000 such units if this housing option were legalized. Details about safety matter, of course; any legal units will require two exits…
October 2, 2023
Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever
Stable, two-parent families have always mattered for kids. But today, we have new evidence that they may matter more than ever. A new study from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) indicates…
September 29, 2023
Solutions to Reduce Government Improper Payments Involving Unemployment Benefits
…pandemic. Read the full response here. [1] Department of Labor, “Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims,” July 9, 2020, https://oui.doleta.gov/press/2020/070920.pdf [2] For a discussion of the involvement of international criminal organizations, see Matt Weidinger,…
September 29, 2023
Up To $135 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Fraud – And Still Counting
Last week, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) added a startling new figure to the ever-growing estimates of abuse inflicted on unemployment benefits during the pandemic, finding that “between $100 billion and $135 billion”…
September 28, 2023
How To Halt New York’s Ubiquitous Illegal Pot Blight
…implications for public order as the matters Bratton highlighted. The very fact some 8,000 illegal weed outlets have been allowed to operate with minimal law-enforcement pushback not only makes a dangerous drug…
September 25, 2023
A Bad Bipartisan Housing Bill: Connecting the Dots on the Helper Act
…American Dream of homeownership. Demand-enhancing policies such as the HELPER Act may be well intended, but as long as a severe housing shortage persists, they will only make matters worse….
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…college-educated conservatives—took the view that marriage matters for children. But in general, Americans, and especially the most privileged liberals, increasingly discount the value of married parents. No doubt these attitudinal…
September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…strongly linked to worse outcomes for kids than it used to be. The upshot for children is that marriage not only still matters, but it seems to matter more than…
September 19, 2023
House Budget Plan Proposes Commonsense Welfare Changes
…Rachidi and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, was released last fall. A chapter in that volume authored by Rachidi, Scott Winship, and one of us (Matt Weidinger), titled “A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…