Colleen Hroncich When the first Chesterton Academy opened its doors nearly two decades ago, there was no grand plan to build a national network. It was just a few parents who wanted an affordable classical Catholic high school for their children. “The network was never a planned thing,” says Brenie Bowles, vice president of the Chesterton Schools Network. “It just ...
Jeffrey A. Singer On November 6, President Donald Trump announced that the government will refrain from tariffs on Eli Lilly’s and Novo Nordisk’s imported products and active pharmaceutical ingredients and that Medicare and Medicaid will subsidize the use of their drugs. In exchange, the pharmaceutical companies will significantly cut prices for their GLP‑1 weight-loss medications, Zepbound and Wegovy. Medicare and ...
Jeffrey Miron States and cities never seem to tire of hiking their minimum wages, with predictable effects: On April 1, 2024, California raised its minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour for fast-food workers employed at chains with more than 60 locations nationwide.… This was one of the largest one-time minimum wage increases in US history, and one of ...
Jennifer Huddleston and Christopher Gardner Over the past year, several heartbreaking accounts of young people who have had tragic and damaging experiences with AI chatbots have emerged. Whether it’s concerns about AI conversations leading young people into overly sexual content or about those who have taken their own lives, both parents and policymakers are asking if these tools are safe ...
Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo It is a mistake for policymakers to push homeownership as an investment strategy. The long-term, wealth-building effect of homeownership is often less than that of renting and investing in the diversified market. Increasing homeownership rates, nevertheless, has been federal policy for nearly a century. Whether buying or renting and investing is a better strategy for ...
Nicholas Anthony A new bill responding to debanking has appeared. After months of deliberations, on October 30, Sen. Thom Tillis (R‑NC) introduced the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act. The 90-page bill aims to create “a strong federal fair access standard to [ensure] that no American or lawful business is denied banking services for political or ideological reasons.” Although the ...
Colleen Hroncich It’s always interesting to see the mental gymnastics employed by people who argue against parental choice in education. A recent Brookings Institute commentary, based on a report in Education Policy Analysis Archives, is a good example. The authors ground their criticisms in a distorted history of school choice and a public school-based definition of how to measure success, ...
Matthew Cavedon In October 2018, law enforcement surreptitiously installed two video cameras near the top of utility poles to surveil Rolando Williamson’s home. The first camera was aimed at Williamson’s front yard and “could view only what was visible from the public street in front of the house.” The second camera, however, could see over the eight‑foot privacy fence that ...
Colin Grabow Ahead of the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether the president can impose tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA)—oral arguments for which begin today—the administration has deployed a variety of odd and tenuous arguments in favor of granting the executive branch such authority. Perhaps the most imaginative White House claim is that denying the president’s ability ...
Kayla Susalla In the wake of several devastating and highly publicized school shootings over the past year, the new book School Shootings in American Culture, by psychologist Lisa Ross, offers a timely examination of their underlying causes. Drawing on the history of school shootings and policy responses to them, Ross explores these events through the lens of centralized power, hyperconnectivity ...