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July 1, 2025
Last month, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced a resolution of inquiry objecting to the Trump administration’s development of a “centralized database” that “compiles American citizens’ personal information across federal agencies and departments.”…
June 25, 2025
…matter of poor methodologies or lack of investigation than it is a product of limitations on available data combined with how unpredictably a quickly evolving general-purpose technology like AI is…
June 24, 2025
…advocates usually make matters worse when they try to ban the conditions that offend them. By insisting on extensive housing regulatory standards that drive up housing prices beyond the means…
June 16, 2025
…matter less to dads than to moms, a new report on the impact fathers have on their kids suggests we shouldn’t underestimate how much dads matter. “Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids:…
June 10, 2025
In government scandals, some surnames are especially memorable, even decades later. A fugitive financier named Marc Rich (and his partner Pinky Green) were famously pardoned by Bill Clinton in what “reeked…
June 5, 2025
…a conversation between BGI President Matt Sigelman and Dr. Schneider, in which they gave context to the discussion by introducing an upcoming report and website, complete with a web demo….
June 5, 2025
…GOP bill. In the end, Republicans are making a political calculation that, as former Vice President Dick Cheney said, “deficits don’t matter.” This sentiment is bipartisan, history indicates, and Republicans…
May 23, 2025
…matters more for marriage than “her” work. One Harvard study, for instance, showed that a couple’s risk of divorce shot up 33 percent if the husband was unemployed, but rose not…
May 19, 2025
As part of Congressional Republicans’ drive to craft “one big beautiful bill” reflecting Donald Trump’s tax and spending agenda, the House Agriculture committee on May 14 approved several proposals that…
May 14, 2025
…matter. So does the intergenerational initiative I encountered at Kansas City Public Library. In 2023, they launched a gathering designed to foster connection across generations. College students helped develop the…