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April 30, 2024
I’m a Conservative But Defunding NPR Is a Mistake. What Should Happen Instead Might Be Surprising
…as has Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn. Don’t expect these bills to go far, however. As Jesse Walker has observed in Reason Magazine, such efforts have been tried—and failed—multiple times…
April 23, 2024
Awkward Truth: Subsidizing Women’s Work Drives Down Birthrates
…minister of state for universities and science. New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg argued that “in countries that support working mothers, like Sweden, Denmark, Norway and France, birthrates are basically fine.”…
April 22, 2024
John Silber, the Campuses Have Need of You
…South Africa, they will know how wrong apartheid is and that something must be done. At the time, BU was sponsoring a program to provide scholarships to black South African…
April 21, 2024
The Real Bias at NPR: Story Selection
…choose.” When Gans did his study of television network news — at the time, there were only three half-hour network newscasts — he found little variety in story selection. With…
April 18, 2024
The Real Story Behind Food Insecurity in the US
…time that the federal government has more than tripled its spending on food assistance programs, the share of US households deemed “food insecure” has increased. Before spending even more money, we should…
April 18, 2024
Back from the brink: The intellectual tide is turning on marriage and civil society
…For instance, as David Leonhardt, a columnist at The New York Times, noted, “I think that my half of the political spectrum — the left half — often dismisses the importance…
April 11, 2024
What a New Report on 10 years of AI Research Reveals
…adapt, learn and innovate. By embracing the opportunities presented by AI while preparing for change, we can boost productivity and economic growth with AI and expand opportunities for workers at the same time….
April 11, 2024
The “Case for Curriculum” Is about Reducing Teachers’ Workload
…of thing that bleed away their time, according to Pew, from noninstructional work such as hallway monitoring or lunch duty (24 percent); helping students outside class time (22 percent); and…
April 11, 2024
The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America
…will choose to meet the moment at a time when too many public officials seem more interested in social media exposure than solving problems. We’re optimists. We think the right…
April 9, 2024
Child Abandonment in the Name of Compassion
A self-described libertarian friend once described to me the feeling she had when it was time to leave the hospital with her newborn baby. She remembered looking at the nurse…