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November 16, 2023
“Harm Reduction” Is No Solution
…in November 2021. But administering naloxone to an addict whose heroin has been spiked with fentanyl does not tell us anything about the fate of that addict over time—“longitudinally,” as…
November 14, 2023
Did Child Poverty Really Increase Last Year?
…percent, an all-time low. But in 2022, it rose to 12.4 percent—essentially back to its 2019 rate. (As a side note, that 2019 rate was an all-time low at the…
November 13, 2023
The Jobless AI Future Is Still a Long Way Off
…we get up each day with the goal of bettering ourselves and our communities? Or would we fall to the darker angels of our nature, with unoccupied time leading to…
November 13, 2023
How The IRS Discourages Boomer Charity
…law, be taxed as income. That’s because they’ve not been taxed previously; putting aside funds in “tax-advantaged accounts” reduces income at the time they’re deposited. They are, instead, taxed upon…
November 11, 2023
Why is NYC Telling Teachers to Not Keep Kids Safe?
…abused or neglected and three times as likely to be a victim of a maltreatment-related fatality. A New York Times analysis of child homicides in New York City from 2016 to 2022…
November 9, 2023
What Dems — And NYC — Can Learn From The GOP’s Bronx City Council Win
…even if their incomes go up. Nor is there any time limit on public housing — where some 20% of tenants have lived for 40 years or more. Similarly, rent-stabilized…
November 8, 2023
Perspective: The 4-Year Dividing Line
…same. At the same time, highly educated workers are nearly three times more likely to say making a meaningful contribution to society is one of the most important concerns when…
October 31, 2023
It Takes Two
…at any time since 1987. Finally, the teen birth rate (and nonmarital teen birth rate) also began steady declines at around the same time. As it happens, the early 1990s was a period…
October 27, 2023
What Happened to the American Dream?
…of disappointment — “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream,” a new book by my Times colleague and former podcast sparring partner David Leonhardt. It’s a…
October 25, 2023
The Freedom to Choose
…into the realm of sociology. At the same time, however, it falls into, a victimology that is often more asserted than argued. Let’s start with where I think Frohnen is right. American associational life has been…