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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…
October 25, 2023
Dispelling Myths About The Child Tax Credit
…Plan. That partisan legislation sharply increased the value of the CTC, provided it in monthly installments in the second half of 2021, and paid it for the first time to parents…
October 24, 2023
Roanoke Atones for Urban Renewal—Artistically
…times to apply for a job delivering medicine on my bicycle. I was about ten or eleven and he always told me I wasn’t old enough. I was eager to…
October 23, 2023
Teach Your Children Well
…things that they may not if they just spend time around kids their own age. But Moskowitz also has a lot of suggestions for family time. She is a big…
October 17, 2023
What Poor Children Need
…know that having just one parent deprives a child of the parental money, time, and energy needed to help them succeed, and that boys are more hurt than girls by…
October 13, 2023
Liberals Reap Consequences Of Their Homeless Policies
…Coupled with sensationalized reports of poor conditions in state hospitals, it was an argument that led, over time, to the loss of hundreds of thousands of hospital beds. The advent…
October 12, 2023
The GOP Should Be the Party of Parents
…would enable many more families to afford the one-time costs associated with adoption. States should make similar benefits available and simplify the legal process involved. Social conservatives are also well…
October 12, 2023
Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should
…for instance, have been fixed in amount by statute since 1996. That means that states which are losing population receive more funds per capita for public assistance over time. The…
October 12, 2023
I Spoke to Arne Duncan About School Reform. Here Are 5 Takeaways
Last week, at the American Enterprise Institute, former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and I sat down to talk about the future of school reform with The New York Times’…