Daniel Cox and Sam Pressler document a disturbing element of American civic life today. America’s civic decline has not affected all groups equally. Americans with college degrees often reside in…
Arjun Singh of National Review Online describes the recent Met gala as an example of “gilded irony.” When Edith Wharton wrote The Age of Innocence, her 1920 novel of the…
Nathanael Blake writes at the Federalist about a top target for the political left. The left has found a new class of enemies, whom Patrick Wyman identifies in an Atlantic…
Emily Jashinsky of the Federalist probes ongoing developments within shifting American political coalitions. Donald Trump’s entrance into politics scrambled both parties, accelerating a realignment of voters that continues to confound…
Jorge Gonzalez-Gallarza Hernandez reviews for National Review Online a new book that challenges popular beliefs about leadership from the “best and brightest.” [C]onsider David Goodhart’s discussion of the crisis in…
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses on challenges to the concept of meritocracy. A recent panel discussion in Chapel Hill highlighted that challenge. Is meritocracy just? Just a short…
Joe Kraus writes at the Washington Examiner about the significance of the recent college admissions bribery scandal. All this money, celebrity power, and effort has drawn a lot of sudden…
Yuval Levin offers National Review Online readers an interesting take on the college bribery scandal. The fact that the fraud and misbehavior here involved college admissions might be misleading us…
In his influential book, Coming Apart, Charles Murray made a compelling case for the cultural differences between affluent (white) Americans and working class (white) Americans. Among the differences were marriage…
I did not attend the Nikole Hannah-Jones event at Duke University last night, but the News & Observer story about it was striking. “When it comes to your own children, all of a…
In a recent post at Medium’s Noteworthy – The Journal Blog, Richard Kerby discusses his recent analysis of “the demographic breakdowns of the venture industry.” As one might expect, much of…
He’s made dubious arguments about capitalism, but that doesn’t mean we ought to dismiss Thomas Piketty’s theories out of hand. Reihan Salam of National Review Online ponders Piketty’s pronouncements about…