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September 12, 2023
Please, Gen Z Aren’t “Doomed to be the First Generation of Americans Who Will Grow Up with a Lower Standard of Living Than Their Parents”
…says this War might last for “a very long time.” Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in…
September 12, 2023
Time Is a School’s Most Precious Resource. Where Does It Go?
…time. Last year, the Merrimack College Teacher Survey reported that 29 percent of teachers said they wanted more planning time, 28 percent wanted more actual teaching time, and 17 percent more time…
September 8, 2023
Is Vote Dilution Necessarily Bad?
…advantage, rather than an electoral weakness. As recounted in Israel in the Mind of America, the 1983 book by one-time New York Times reporter Peter Grose, Silver’s American Zionist Emergency Council set about…
September 7, 2023
AI Closes the Gaps
It’s a perennial hazard of the policy and opinion space that just about the time one is ready to hold forth on a topic, another, smarter, faster writer jumps in….
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…a factor of 3—more than 60 percent lower. In 2021, the work-from-home rate was about 4 times the 2019 rate, not 7 times higher as the WFH Research numbers indicate….
September 5, 2023
Audit Finds California Continues to Mismanage Unemployment Benefits
…questions about their UI claims, and EDD continues to struggle to pay claimants in a timely manner. For its part, EDD responded to the state auditor’s report by arguing that every state…
September 1, 2023
Paying People to Have Kids Can Only Do So Much When You’re in a Spiraling Baby Bust
“Frankly, whenever elections come up politicians tend to unveil grand measures aimed at resolving the birthrate issue,” Choi Seul-ki, a demographer in South Korea, told the Wall Street Journal. “But cash is a…
September 1, 2023
Despite Staggering Improper Payments, New Labor Department Report Calls for Reviving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21…
August 31, 2023
The Future of Work: Augmented, not Automated
…“people skills” like communication, collaboration, and time management have jumped from the middle of the pack to dominate the most highly sought-after skills. IBM Institute for Business Value, 2023 As…
August 31, 2023
Where Are The Energy Stamps, Joe?
…the reductions we have to make (to get to near zero emissions) by 2050 or 2045 are going to come from technologies we don’t yet have.” Except this time the…