Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, the one question no one is asking
After more than 27 years serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer will step down.
Empty shelves are back
Yes, this is real life. Grocery store shortages are back.
The pandemic’s impact on students is real
Many school boards have closed schools and pushed online learning. How’s that working out?
Illinois pension crisis is for real
The Illinois Policy Institute is out with a new video that explains the under-the-radar but no less terrible pension crisis facing the Prairie State. Think the Illinois pension crisis can’t touch you? After years of piling up debt, it seems the state will just...
“Independent fact checkers” spot missing context — can you?
AOC. Barstool. But why exactly did they feel the need to weigh in here?
Herschel Walker on what it means to be a conservative
“I don’t believe in all that garbage. It’s a lie.”
Why conservative boycotts don’t work
In private conversations, and sometimes public forums, conservatives will lament the effectiveness of Leftist boycotts and muse as to why conservative action against woke corporations is not as effective. Generally, the answer comes back to the fact that the Left is...
How to preview WordPress theme changes without blowing up your site
Here’s three options to preview theme changes in Wordpress without blowing up your website.
Infographic: How the rest of the world does research
Political polling has been under constant fire since 2012 when Mitt Romney's pollster famously slipped on a banana peel of survey data and incorrectly predicted the former Massachusetts governor would oust incumbent Barack Obama. Donald Trump's unforeseen victory in...
Creating a Digital Benchmark
I’ve recently had several people ask for help creating digital campaigns, so I thought it would be helpful to put together all the questions that are a starting place to benchmark how an organization currently uses digital tools and resources. A lot has changed over...
Headlines
Trans Juggernaut Hits a Speedbump: Landmark Study Reveals ‘Transgender’ Kids Actually Have Other Mental Health Diagnoses, Instead
Fresh off the heels of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announcing that it would not allow transgender-identified men to compete in women’s athletic events in any of its association’s 239 small private schools, a landmark study was released on Wednesday that defies the hysterical warning that if gender dysphoric adolescents don’t receive “gender-affirming care,” they will kill themselves.
Generation Liberty Fellowship
Are you a rising leader with a vision for making a difference in your state? Whether your passion is for increasing education opportunities for all students, or expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare or finding ways to break down barriers to employment and economic growth, the Generation Liberty Fellowship program can help you advance your goals and grow as a leader. The 2024 Generation Liberty Fellowship application is now open! Deadline to apply is May 10, 2024.
D.C. housed the homeless in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned.
At iconic Sedgwick Gardens, an experiment in “housing first” policy has seen mixed results.
Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Shifts Singles’ Attitudes Toward Sex, Dating
An unintended but interesting consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade has been a significant decrease in America’s “hookup” culture.
Migrants’ Monthly Payment in NYC Is Higher Than Veterans Compensation
A family of four migrants in New York City receives more monthly funding than a family of four that includes a military veteran who receives disability compensation.
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Shift Another $7.4 Billion in Student Debt to Taxpayers
The Biden administration on Friday announced yet another student-loan debt giveaway, this time passing $7.4 billion in debt accumulated by an estimated 277,000 Americans to taxpayers through the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) income-repayment plan and other similar repayment options.
NAIA, small colleges association, bans transgender athletes from women’s sports competitions
NAIA believed to be first national college governing body to mandate athletes compete according to assigned sex at birth
Only Two States in America Have a Majority of Households That Consist of Traditional Families
Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming all share common borders and something else that matters more.
Examining the latest movements in state economic growth and competition
Dive into our comprehensive report that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using 15 equally weighted policy variables.
The (Federal) Benefits of Marriage
Reviewing Tim Carney’s new book Family Unfriendly, Robert VerBruggen cautions against going too far with aid to stay-at-home parents: “U.S. tax and entitlement policy is already quite favorable to breadwinner households — who generally receive a “marriage bonus” from the income-tax system and extra Social Security benefits to support the non-working spouse — and further reforms should bear these existing features in mind.”
CA’s Architect of “Equity-Based Algebra” Accused of Academic Fraud
The state’s math framework is strongly influenced by the academic work of Jo Boaler, now accused of significantly distorting citations in research underpinning the framework
Are you a high schooler who likes Calvin Coolidge?
Find your Inner Calvin by delivering an excerpt of a Calvin Coolidge speech on video. Then submit your entry by Saturday, April 13th.