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January 12, 2024
What is the Utah “Family Miracle”?
I’ve written before about the “Utah Family Miracle,” referencing the fact that no state in America has more families headed by married parents than the Beehive State: “In 2021, 55% of adults…
January 10, 2024
By the Numbers: Here’s How the New Federal Financial Aid Formula Harms Families with More Than One Child
…not that the new formula doesn’t take family size into account at all—it does, barely. The issue is that the new formula calculates the total amount a family can afford…
January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
It was a cold winter morning in 2021 when my youngest son ducked into a local gas station to grab a snack before heading to work. As he came out…
December 18, 2023
Kids aren’t for everyone. But it’s better for everyone if you have them.
…especially in the early years. W. Bradford Wilcox, a colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute who studies family structure, speculates that in an increasingly atomized society, parenthood is…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
The debate about how best to respond to urban crime—a debate that has become more important in light of recent increases in violent crime and homicide in many cities across…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
“These are first-of-their-kind bills in the United States,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in March at the signing of SB152, which required social media companies operating in Utah to age-verify users…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
…households. Inspired by projects in Communist-led Vienna and Hitler’s Germany, her vision—shared by architecture critic Lewis Mumford and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius—was government owned and managed housing for working families. …
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…student lending went away, how would students afford college? Well, perhaps that’s something the Biden team and its progressive cheerleaders should’ve contemplated earlier. But there are some options. There already…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…of whether these amounts are commensurate with what it costs the college to deliver a program, the value of the degree granted, or what graduate borrowers can afford to repay….