Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
Ideas
A Hidden Lesson of the Minnesota Welfare Scandal
American government relies heavily on NGOs to deliver government services.
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
Ammon Bundy Is All Alone
The anti-government militia leader can’t make sense of his allies’ support for ICE violence.
Trump’s Fed-Chair Pick Is an Interest-Rate Hawk—Or Is He?
Kevin Warsh’s views on monetary policy may be shaped less by real economic conditions than by whether a Democrat or Republican is in power.
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
Katie Miller Makes a Classic Error
Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
The Three Lessons of Minneapolis
What happened in the city is important, and won’t be forgotten.
What Tearing Down Housing Projects Did for Kids
Bringing rich and poor together has major benefits.