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June 20, 2023
College isn’t just about career or credentials — it’s also about friends, formation, and, if you’re lucky, marriage
A few weeks ago, my college friends and I all got together for the weekend. We are seven guys in our mid-40s who have been friends for about 25 years. We drank beer…
June 20, 2023
Down Through the Ages
…happiness between higher-income and lower-income white Americans in the 1970s, but by the 2010s, “five times as many whites in the lowest fifth for income were unhappy compared to those…
June 16, 2023
The Missing Context Behind “Cuts” in Fast-Growing Welfare Programs
…its baseline projections for the number of current and expected future benefit recipients—show that both food stamp and Medicaid caseloads have recently grown many times faster than those would-be reductions. Before the…
June 15, 2023
Our Children Need to Be Involved in Religious Institutions
Last weekend, I celebrated the wedding of a long-time friend in Baltimore. Nearly a half dozen couples who were instrumental in my life were in attendance but I didn’t appreciate…
June 15, 2023
AI and the Future of Schooling
…stop at a red light (or which pedal is the brake). Similarly, calculators are terrific time-savers once students have mastered multiplication, but students won’t actually learn or understand computation if…
June 14, 2023
Better Data Means Better Policy
…index. Put simply, a price index looks at a changing set of goods and services that is intended to provide a constant level of satisfaction or well-being over time. This…
June 11, 2023
Now Political Polarization Comes for Marriage Prospects
…important over time, with fewer Americans willing to date or marry across the aisle. Dating apps and websites report a growing share of users setting political criteria for matches. The Survey…
June 9, 2023
Schools Use Racist “Reparations Math” to Indoctrinate Black Students with Victimization
…offered by the New York Times 1619 Project and the Pulitzer Center. Already discredited for falsely revising history, the New York Times 1619 Project makes no secret of the Reparations Math curriculum’s ambition to shape future…
June 8, 2023
Oklahoma Has Approved the Nation’s First Religious Charter School. What’s That Mean?
…expansive school voucher programs, and the legal status of state “Blaine amendments” is very much in question. It seemed like a good time to check in with Nicole Stelle Garnett,…
June 7, 2023
The Price We’ll Pay for Our AI Future: More Loneliness
Americans are trapped in a loneliness epidemic. Across the country, people are having fewer social interactions, spending more time alone, and reporting fewer close friends. These trends aren’t just a symptom…