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Regulatory volatility badly undermines the work of American government. Jeff Rosen looks for solutions in each branch of...
10/10/2024

Regulatory volatility badly undermines the work of American government. Jeff Rosen looks for solutions in each branch of the federal government:

Each time a new president has entered the White House in recent decades, his administration has either repealed or reinstated many of his predecessors' regulations while implementing dozens more of his own. This volatility badly undermines the work o...

Proponents of net neutrality advocate a theory of "information equality." But as Luke Hogg writes, to maximize the benef...
10/08/2024

Proponents of net neutrality advocate a theory of "information equality." But as Luke Hogg writes, to maximize the benefits of modern telecommunications networks, policymakers must allow information to be treated unequally:

Discussions on regulating modern communication technologies often insist that all information is equal in value. But as the history of telecommunications demonstrates, information is inherently unequal, and ignoring that is likely to result in less i...

Paul McDonnold: "Something tells me that even unelected regulators half-a-world away can feel pressure from an electorat...
10/07/2024

Paul McDonnold: "Something tells me that even unelected regulators half-a-world away can feel pressure from an electorate. A political push for simpler financial regulation could change not only rules enacted in the United States, but those coming from Basel as well."

Big Finance often fails spectacularly for all to see, but regulation of finance fails quietly and insidiously through unintended consequences — like the increasing surrender of national sovereignty to unelected technocrats in Europe. Today's regulato...

What is "liberalism," and why do conservatives argue so much about it? Brad Littlejohn turns to Aristotle to help us mak...
10/04/2024

What is "liberalism," and why do conservatives argue so much about it? Brad Littlejohn turns to Aristotle to help us make sense of the debate:

The intense debates on the right about the nature and character of liberalism often devolve into semantic confusion. If these arguments are to be of any use, we must clarify just what the term describes. We can do so by interrogating liberalism using...

Christopher Barnard charts a new vision for U.S. energy policy that will strengthen domestic energy production, bring pr...
10/03/2024

Christopher Barnard charts a new vision for U.S. energy policy that will strengthen domestic energy production, bring prices down, and protect national security, all while reducing emissions:

Faced with growing geopolitical tensions and serious environmental concerns, America needs policies that will strengthen domestic energy production, bring prices down, and protect national security, all while reducing emissions and ensuring that our ...

Bruno V. Manno on why it's time to end the college-for-all paradigm and restore an emphasis on apprenticeship and vocati...
10/01/2024

Bruno V. Manno on why it's time to end the college-for-all paradigm and restore an emphasis on apprenticeship and vocational training:

For a quarter-century, the primary goal of American K-12 schools could be summed up in three words: college for all. As a consequence, most schools don't see career education as central to what they offer. But with more Americans searching for altern...

Men contribute disproportionately to almost every social problem in America. How can we help them? Stephen Eide:
09/30/2024

Men contribute disproportionately to almost every social problem in America. How can we help them? Stephen Eide:

Men contribute disproportionately to almost every social problem in America, and they always have. But we have been losing sight of how to effectively offer help to men who need it. Changing that would have to start by taking stock of our failed effo...

Leading off our Fall issue, Michael J. Petrilli considers how to achieve real equity among students:
09/25/2024

Leading off our Fall issue, Michael J. Petrilli considers how to achieve real equity among students:

The language of equity in contemporary education debates tends to mask progressive political radicalism aimed at reducing our expectations of students. Conservatives are right to decry such attitudes. But instead of rejecting equity outright, they sh...

Our Fall issue is now online! Featuring: -Michael J. Petrilli on achieving real equity among students-Stephen Eide on he...
09/24/2024

Our Fall issue is now online! Featuring:

-Michael J. Petrilli on achieving real equity among students
-Stephen Eide on helping troubled men
-Aaron Rothstein on the origins of the modern assisted-suicide movement
-Andrew J. Taylor on the Democrats' "democracy" agenda
-John Wood, Jr. on Martin Luther King's philosophical conservatism
-Brad Littlejohn on the nature and character of liberalism
-And much more! Happy reading.

A quarterly journal of essays about domestic policy, political economy, society, culture, and political thought.

America has never experienced anything like the recent surge in illegal immigration. What are its economic and political...
08/12/2024

America has never experienced anything like the recent surge in illegal immigration. What are its economic and political costs? Steven Camarota joined our latest podcast to discuss:

The National Affairs Podcast, Episode 54: On the economic consequences of current U.S. immigration policy. ...

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