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August 11, 2023
Why Does NY Campaign To Stop Smoking But Not Illicit Drug Use?
…issuance of new pot dispensary licenses, after finding that giving first preference to ex-drug dealers violated state law aimed at helping veterans. It’s the perfect time for a different approach:…
August 10, 2023
The Rowe Show
On today’s Remnant—which happens to be more than a year in the making—Jonah’s joined for the first time by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at AEI and the author of…
August 10, 2023
The Real Reason People Leave Religion
More than a decade ago, the Pew Research Center released a path-breaking study on people without religion: “Nones” on the Rise. At the time, I was in graduate school studying political science…
August 9, 2023
The CTC Work Incentive Works
…the full-CTC threshold were also much less likely to work full-time (Figure 2). For example, less than 40 percent of head of household tax filers with income below the full…
August 8, 2023
Bad Hoosiers
…the most culturally and scientifically advanced society in the world at that time, a country that was home to towering figures from the arts, literature, philosophy, religion, and science, went…
August 7, 2023
Union Square Melee Proves Riots Have Little to Do with Real Political Grievances
…predicated on police mistreatment of minority youth. The NYPD was not intimidated into turning a blind eye toward the destruction of food carts and cars — not this time around….
August 7, 2023
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
…overlook in favor of those also found on the front page of major newspapers such as the New York Times. Story selection — a disproportionate focus on progressive causes de jour…
August 5, 2023
Rent Control ‘Shabbifying’ NY’s Housing As Owners Feel the Squeeze
…apartments. That translates to more than 300,000 rent-regulated rents with rats or mice. The regulated units also have twice as many leaks (23%, vs. 11%) and three times as many…
August 4, 2023
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
…with these dynamics. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve report, average white wealth is just about four times average black wealth. However, if we only looked at real estate holdings, the ratio is…
August 3, 2023
Philanthropists Discover the Value of “Sunsetting”
…that its hostility to capitalism had thrown it off course: “Perhaps it is time for the trustees and staff to examine the question of our obligations to our economic system…