In Chicago, swapping Lori Lightfoot for Brandon Johnson felt less like a victory lap and more like a collective exhale — a citywide plea for respite from the chaos and downright weirdness of Lightfoot’s reign. Who could forget her “Rona Destroyer” COVID-19 costume or street dancing as city murders soared? But as Johnson settled into […]
The American heart is closing. The signs, including dramatic drops in dating, marriage, and childbearing, are all around us. The falling fortunes of marriage and family across the nation can be traced back to cultural shifts (e.g., elite messaging celebrating “me-first” over “family-first” thinking), economic changes (e.g., young men’s eroding position in today’s workforce), and […]
Economist Glenn Loury has written a wonderful book, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative. It is a compelling and wise memoir and a convincing argument for conservatism. At the core of Late Admissions are three simple ideas. First, people, no matter their race, should be allowed to read and think whatever they want — […]
The pending U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel deal and its trailing political intrigue is a microcosm of both the economic hope and the political cynicism at work in the United States as we race toward the midpoint of the 21st century. As has been well–chronicled, the deal, which has been approved by U.S. Steel’s shareholders, involves foreign […]
On May 9, Fairfax County’s school board held its regular meeting during which the board was scheduled to discuss the recommendations of its appointed Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee, or FLECAC. Fairfax County’s school board members, however, skipped the vote on the committee’s recommended changes to Virginia’s largest school district’s sex education curriculum — […]
If you’re a young person hoping to buy your first home or condo, President Joe Biden is seemingly doing everything in his power to make that dream less feasible. The president has pursued and called for several policies that make it harder for millions of young people to own a home. High mortgage interest rates are […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced the U.S. was sending another $2 billion to Ukraine as Washington seeks to bolster Ukrainian troops on the frontline against a major Russian offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken said at a press conference in Kyiv that the new package would include money through the foreign...