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April 21, 2024
The Real Bias at NPR: Story Selection
…sociologist Herbert J. Gans studied in his landmark 1980 book Deciding What’s News: story selection. Quite simply, the “news,” as Gans helps us understand, is not a self-evident set of events about…
April 18, 2024
Back from the brink: The intellectual tide is turning on marriage and civil society
…deepest problems. And, contra The New Yorker’s insinuation, religious couples are markedly happier and more stably married than their secular peers. There are three features to the decline in family…
April 11, 2024
What a New Report on 10 years of AI Research Reveals
…workers with writing or coding, as well as with human interaction on the job. This application, they say, could lower barriers to entry and democratize skills, potentially boosting the labor market value of workers with less…
March 30, 2024
Preventing Weed Smoking — Not More Weed Shops — Is What NYC Needs Now
…recent meeting, it highlighted the fact that “there have been $183 million in sales since New York’s adult-use cannabis market first opened. The month of December was a high mark for…
March 21, 2024
It’s Not Just Minority Neighborhoods—NYC’s Entire Property-Tax System Needs Reform
…in gentrifying parts of brownstone Brooklyn — because tax bills don’t reflect actual current market values, which should be the foundation of all property-tax bills. Inexplicably, condos are valued as…
March 19, 2024
Conservatives Distrust Higher Ed—But Still Need Degrees
Ideological opposition to “woke” colleges and universities could harm conservatives and rural communities. American’s faith in our colleges and universities has seen a marked decline in recent years, with the percentage of…
March 14, 2024
The “No Excuses” Model Is Due for a Renaissance
In a dispatch over the weekend, the New York Times took note of the rise of “super strict schools in England,” marked by “strict routines and detentions,” silent corridors, and “zero-tolerance” policies for even…
March 14, 2024
A Crucial Fix For Rent Regulation
…fix up when they become vacant off the market entirely. At a hearing last week of the City Council Housing Committee, members presented with the most recent city Housing and Vacancy Survey were…
March 11, 2024
Taking On the College Cartel
…results like rates of graduation, year-to-year retention, and job placement. Over the longer term, they would need to track student labor market outcomes and calculate graduates’ earnings—as compared to a…
March 8, 2024
State of the Union – Biden’s Housing Proposals Would be Harmful, Not Helpful
…seller’s market) as it is today, particularly for starter homes. As economics 101 dictates, when demand exceeds supply, the result is inevitably higher prices. The President’s State of the Union…