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October 8, 2024
The Longshoremen Are Making the Wrong Demands
…a bridge to retirement. Our ports are grossly inefficient compared to competitor nations, especially China. The benefits of automation—for efficiency and economic growth—will vastly outweigh any short-term benefits the longshoremen’s proposed ban would…
October 7, 2024
Has Kamala Harris Given Up on “College for All”?
In 2009, then-President Obama made a bold proposal: “By 2020, this nation will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” His administration then pursued a slew of policies…
October 3, 2024
Stop the insanity. Our national debt now tops $35 trillion…
…more spending increases — despite the national debt soaring to $35 trillion, or more than $100,000 for each American, rich and poor alike. Under rosy assumptions, over $20 trillion in debt is projected to be…
September 27, 2024
Justice at Any Cost?
…status of NIAC (or NIA, nationally) meant that it faced lower operating costs. Now NIAC has announced that, as of October 1, it will no longer renew its contracts with…
September 21, 2024
Why Is Race Still a Factor in Adoption?
…tones, but Tucker is far more brazen. Ryan Hanlon, the president of the National Council for Adoption, notes that “there is an important role for adoption agencies to ensure pre-adoptive…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
…to live a fulfilling life, and only 22% say having children is extremely or very important. These attitudes have played out in practice: America and other nations continue to experience plummeting…
September 17, 2024
The Blue State Family Exodus: Families Are Migrating to Red and Purple States
…in the nation that saw more families leave than move into the state. Minnesota is no outlier. Parents are not generally moving towards states with the preferred family policies of…
September 9, 2024
The Nanny State Is Not the Answer to Parents’ Challenges
…our children’s prospects with those of others, as he notes, keeping up with the Joneses is not a new or diagnosable condition. It is part of human nature. And the…
September 5, 2024
Hurt Pennsylvania’s Workers to Win Pennsylvania’s Votes?
…good-paying union jobs” and raise “serious questions” about the likelihood that the company would remain headquartered in Pittsburgh. The national-security argument here seems equally straightforward: Japan is one of the…
September 2, 2024
This Is How to Fix the Housing Crisis
…need to dust off our history books and remember how this country raised the legal alcohol drinking age. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 demanded states raise the minimum age…