Liberty
Documenting a ‘purge’ of Millennial whites
Editors at National Review Online highlight one of the consequences of the DEI movement. In a landmark article for Compact on the wages of the woke era, Jacob Savage, a…
Baby boomers
cohort born between 1946 and 1964, during the mid-20th century baby boom
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Dem senators fear impact of No Kings furor
Ward Clark writes for RedState.com about one interesting reaction to the recent No Kings rallies. The “No Kings” weekend of absurdity has ended, and many of us are still pointing…
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How Could a New Trump Administration Boost Economy?
James Pethokoukis explains how President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration could contribute to an “Up Wing, pro-progress policy” over the next four years. Let’s colonize the Moon. … Trump seems to…
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Generation X Makes Political Stand
Michael Brendan Dougherty writes for National Review Online about the impact of the latest presidential announcement. “I’m not decrepit” is the answer, more or less, that Nikki Haley gives as…
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Urging Young Adults to Leave ‘Creepy College COVID Camps’
Joy Pullmann of the Federalist has advice for young adults considering college. The “everyone should go to college” mantra is brittle, false, failing, and harmful. Deep down, we all know…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Fiscal Disaster Looms for Social Security, Medicare
Philip Klein of National Review Online delivers an important warning. In a week when Americans were distracted by the calamity in Afghanistan, landfall of the powerful Hurricane Ida, and the…
Liberty
TikTok, Fox, or Vox…Who Do You Trust?
Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, are less likely than Boomers and Gen X, to trust news channels like Fox News and CNN. However, they’re twice as likely to…
Education
Most young Americans don’t want to silence debate
Samuel Abrams writes at Real Clear Education about relatively good news for the future of free speech. Though colleges and universities have been open for only a few weeks, reports…
Elections & Public Integrity
Taking pundits to task for their analysis of the Democratic campaign
Timothy Carney of the Washington Examiner rejects much conventional wisdom about Democratic primary voters and caucus participants. Political journalists and commentators always put too much emphasis on policy and ideology.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Revaluing home ownership
Has government policy, in promoting home ownership, actually made it more difficult to own a home? It’s almost a ridiculous question: who ever heard of a government policy having unintended…
Law & Public Safety
Scary times for the First Amendment
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights disturbing survey data involving support for basic constitutional rights. A majority of Americans believe the First Amendment should be rewritten and are…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Barron’s addresses public pension crisis
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s highlights the long-term funding problem plaguing public pension systems. State and local pensions have $8.8 trillion of liabilities, of which only 52% is funded after a…