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A Plea to Reform Academic Journals
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (521+ words) Social science journals have had a rough go of it over the past few months. A recent, extensive examination of social science papers found that only about half of previously published studies replicated'and when they did, the replicated effects were…...
To Attract and Keep Good Teachers, Solve for X
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (370+ words) In a post on X, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded, "I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ." Meanwhile Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and California Congressman Ro Khanna have proposed a federally mandated $60, 000 starting…...
Schools Shape the Container. They Also Shape the Citizen.
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (201+ words) This is the civic stake Burke names but does not press. If we allow AI to become the primary medium through which young people encounter ideas, arguments, and texts, we are not simply outsourcing homework. We are'delegating the formative work…...
Recession with Chinese Characteristics
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (245+ words) Last year saw a larger decline. Using official statistics, the increment to nominal GDPwas $760 billion. Theservices trade deficit was close to $120 billionand the goods trade surplus was a staggering $1. 19 trillion. The purely domestic economy thus shrank by $300 billion. Again, this…...
How Many GPUs Does the Pope Have?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (380+ words) The first American pope, drawn from the country most identified with the AI buildout, has staked his pontificate on the proposition that we are living through an economic transition analogous to Leo XIII's. But this one cuts even closer to…...
Robert Woodson, RIP | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (89+ words) BY Robert Doar + Daniel A. D'Aniello ON 31 Mar 26 On the separation of powers, religious liberty, judicial review, and so many other topics, it is Justice Antonin Scalia's originalist vision that now guides judges, lawyers, and elected officials. BY Robert Doar ON…...
Early Warning from the UK Bond Market
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (138+ words) Despite long-term bond yields soaring to multiyear highs and the clearest signs of public debt unsustainability, the governments of many of today's major economies seem to be doing nothing about the parlous state of their public finances. BY Desmond Lachman…...
In AI, Bigger Firms Mean Faster Progress
1+ week, 6+ day ago (520+ words) A familiar warning now shapes much of the discussion about artificial intelligence: A handful of dominant firms will control the technologies, stifle innovation, and require aggressive antitrust intervention. It is a compelling story'and mostly wrong. There is also a deeper…...
Civic Knowledge Is Returning. Civic Formation Is Not.
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (223+ words) A student can identify the First Amendment while believing unpopular speech should be silenced. A student can define pluralism while refusing to engage ideological opponents. A student can master the vocabulary of democracy while lacking the disposition to live in…...
The American Story Still Lives in Our Art
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (175+ words) I did not expect to be moved. I had hoped to admire great art and feel the pleasant civic sentiment that accompanies a major exhibition tied to America's 250th anniversary." What I did not anticipate was the cumulative emotional force of…...