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March 14, 2024

On the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Carol Graham

…through investing in public services and the arts. Following this discussion, the event ended with a Q&A. —David Veldran Event Materials Carol Graham: The Power of Hope: How the Science of…

March 1, 2024

How the Children’s Bureau Lost Its Way

…development. David Kelly, a key official at the Children’s Bureau in the Trump administration, argued, “We need to let go of the system that was designed to rescue children, and…

February 29, 2024

The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI

Abstract The question of how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, skills, and the future of work is open-ended, and answers have been uncertain and contradictory. As AI has advanced, forecasts…

February 20, 2024

The New Right’s Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left’s

In The Next American Economy (2022), Samuel Gregg provides a refreshing defense of free markets, emphasizing the need to frame the case for economic liberty within a broader narrative about America’s values…

February 15, 2024

Sacred Sex

…crippled by his porn use, unlike his fellow Peach Stater David.  In this ivory tower tale, you know which man is the “Christian” before you’re even told: David. In fact,…

February 13, 2024

The Awfulness of Elite Hypocrisy on Marriage

…of marriage and frequently praising the alternatives to it. As David Leonhardt, a columnist at The New York Times, observed, “I think that my half of the political spectrum—the left half—too often dismisses the…

February 7, 2024

To Save Local Journalism, Update The Public Broadcasting Act

…this came in the form of fears from the staff of the Baltimore Sun that its new owners, David Smith and Armstrong Willliams, would turn what was once H.L. Mencken’s…

January 29, 2024

The Value of a Bachelor’s Degree

Key Points As public confidence in higher education has declined, Americans have become less sanguine about the bachelor’s degree and skeptical of its potential return on investment. Nonetheless, four-year degrees continue to be associated with significant economic and…

January 18, 2024

Evidence Mounts That Pre-K Harms Kids

…Harvard professor David Deming published a study showing long-run benefits for students who attended Head Start in the 1960s and 1970s by comparing results between sibling who did and did not attend….

January 12, 2024

When It Comes to the State of the American Economy, Let’s Keep It Real

…updates thresholds only for inflation—fell from 19.5% to 1.6%.”  Or how about a recent study by Gerald Auten and David Splinter that found that income inequality has changed little over time, challenging…