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June 23, 2024
…least half a century. Thanks to advances in modern medicine and car safety, these had been declining for some time, but now the rates of suicide, homicide, drug overdoses and…
June 20, 2024
…Rector recalled the benefits of welfare reform and the need to eliminate marriage penalties from the safety net. Both panels concluded with a Q&A. —Tim Sprunt Event Description On January…
June 18, 2024
When it comes to education, these have been the best of times and the worst of times. In 2021, Arizona adopted the nation’s first universal education-savings-account (ESA) program. In 2022,…
June 18, 2024
…of divorce has continued to increase. Moving outside the family, the trends are nearly as concerning. Americans spend less time with their neighbors than in the past and less time…
June 18, 2024
…workers who exhaust state benefits. A permanent joint federal-state program called Extended Benefits, which at most times is supported with 50 percent state and 50 percent federal funds, was created…
June 15, 2024
…agenda of their own, it has mostly started (and ended) with two time-tested responses: deregulation and tax cuts. Now, cutting red tape and taxes are reasonable places to start. Government…
June 13, 2024
…more likely to spend any time in jail or prison compared to young women by the time they turn about 30, according to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997). The bottom…
June 13, 2024
…requisite “time, engagement, involvement, closeness, and so on.” Good fathering can take place in or outside of an intact, married home. “There is no residency requirement for good fatherhood,” Reeves contends….
June 13, 2024
…For a long time, the Republican stance on student loans was to “increase them just like the Democrats want, except a little bit less than the Democrats want.” We can’t…
June 7, 2024
…front lawn; it’s sad she got shot, but she pulled into a stranger’s driveway. Yes, boundaries are necessary. Yes, in some times and in some places, boundaries are too few,…