​New York City was not built by people who were scared. The whole point of the city has always been the speed and grit and ambition of its people. If there was a new tool that could build higher, move faster, or make someone more money, New Yorkers grabbed it with both hands. Which makes […]

There’s a lot of money to be made by defecting to the other side. Hopping across the aisle comes with fame, fawning New York Times profiles (that is, if the move is from Right to Left), and endless cable news hits. Just ask Liz Cheney or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But in a world of narcissistic headline-seekers, there are […]

Consider a thought experiment. The year is 2030, two years after the Democrats have retaken the Congress and/or the White House. What does higher education look like? DEI has been restored as the central administrative and ideological pillar of college and university life. Institutions have once again made race and gender the focal point of […]

The young man holding an electric guitar on stage at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio earlier this summer looked briefly thoughtful. “Well, I’ve played some of my originals,” he said, “and I thank you for the response, but we have a big crowd here right now, so let’s do something that you all […]

At the end of a rocky summer for the economy, President Donald Trump’s administration scored a win with the August jobs report. It found that the labor market added 162,000 jobs, or triple expectations. Boasting that 98% of those jobs last month went to women, predictably due to the beginning of the school year, the […]