SocietyCommentary

Don’t Close Columbia’s Research Labs. Move Them.
The Trump administration is threatening to cut $400 million in research funding at Columbia University unless the institution remedies its failure to comply with Title… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Trump administration is threatening to cut $400 million in research funding at Columbia University unless the institution remedies its failure to comply with Title… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Over the weekend, the National Institutes of Health announced that it would be cutting the rate at which it pays universities for overhead on federal… Read More
EducationCommentary
A decade ago, charter schools were heralded as the crowning achievement of bipartisan education reform efforts. But during last week’s National School Choice Week observations, charters… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Donald Trump administration is starting with a bang as it issued an executive order ending diversity, equity, and inclusion in government and severely curtailing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
No one is surprised that the cows in the Chik-fil-A ads advocate for eating more chicken. It would be shockingly irrational, however, if the chickens… Read More
EducationCommentary
A recent study showing that test-score-driven school turnaround models fail to yield long-term improvements may be the final nail in the coffin for technocratic education… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As recently as two years ago, only three states banned surgeries on children to address gender dysphoria, up from just one a year earlier. Today,… Read More
EducationCommentary
One out of every 32 students enrolled in a public university in Nevada is an illegal alien. They have no legal basis for being in… Read More
EducationCommentary
In herdlike fashion, the media describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “folksy,” suggesting that he is just a regular guy with whom Middle America can… Read More
EducationNews
Party platforms are a way of signaling to voters the policies that politicians are likely to pursue if they’re elected to office. But platforms also… Read More