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February 14, 2024
Why You Should Get Married
…and Don’t Have Kids Are Getting Richer.” Or The Atlantic in 2019, offering “The Case Against Marriage.” Or, in 2021, The New York Times with “Divorce Can Be an Act of Radical Self-Love.” In the Times piece,…
February 7, 2024
To Save Local Journalism, Update The Public Broadcasting Act
During his time as the U.S. ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if he faced a choice between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…owners of capital are just as inclined as ardent socialists to seek such favors. But only free markets have demonstrated the power to raise living standards over time. It is worth noting at this…
November 17, 2023
Male Malaise Is Not Just About ‘the Culture’
…men (aged 25–35) who are working full-time fell from about 80 percent in the 1990s to less than 70 percent today. For men without college degrees, the fall in full-time…
November 13, 2023
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…law, be taxed as income. That’s because they’ve not been taxed previously; putting aside funds in “tax-advantaged accounts” reduces income at the time they’re deposited. They are, instead, taxed upon…
October 24, 2023
Roanoke Atones for Urban Renewal—Artistically
…times to apply for a job delivering medicine on my bicycle. I was about ten or eleven and he always told me I wasn’t old enough. I was eager to…
September 29, 2023
How Well Is Rural America Doing? You’d Be Surprised
…whites support aid to black communities. Meanwhile, blacks (and both rural and urban minorities) are about three times as likely to support this type of aid compared to whites. Despite decadeslong…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…Stephanie, three Latter-day Saint home-schooling moms. The women have in the past pursued careers or owned businesses, and now they describe their full-time occupation as helping their children become well-rounded,…
August 16, 2023
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
…stability is losing ground. As for work, there has been a decline in the share of young men engaged in full-time work in Utah, much like the rest of the…
August 14, 2023
What ‘Earth Mama’ Doesn’t Tell Us About Foster Care
…is not true of “Earth Mama,” a recently released film by first-time director Savanah Leaf. The story is about a pregnant woman, Gia, whose two children are in the foster…