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July 27, 2023
Time to Do Something About the NILFs
…54 (1950-2021) Data sources: Mitra Toosi, “A century of change: the U.S. labor force, 1950–2050,” May 2002, Census.gov; and “Civilian labor force participation rate by age, sex, race, and ethnicity,” Table 3.3, Census.gov (accessed on July 26, 2023)….
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…as the setting for playwright August Wilson’s greatest plays, such as Fences and Jitney and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. (Wilson’s home is preserved today, but the neighborhood is gone). As Brian Robick wrote in…
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,…
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…
June 22, 2023
In An Age Of Low Social Trust, Stopping By Your Neighbor’s House Is Weird And Creepy
…stopping by a neighbor’s house has become rare enough as to strike many as creepy. Witness the June 2023 advertisement for DirecTV. Actor Brian Cox explains to the viewer that…