Four centuries of crises in New York | Continue reading
Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children’s private schools, organize in secret. | Continue reading
Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children’s private schools, organize in secret. | Continue reading
Not yet, but state and local lawmakers need to act to keep it from going that way. | Continue reading
Buffalo’s school district tells students that “all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism”—while presiding over miserable student outcomes. | Continue reading
No—and the progressive push to eliminate fares will hurt poor and minority riders most. | Continue reading
Cities and regions are betting that working from home is the next big thing in economic development. | Continue reading
The war to redefine reality has spread from politics to finance. | Continue reading
A new research project identifies one cause: bloated station designs. | Continue reading
The timing of the tech giant’s offer to assist vaccine distribution efforts raises some eyebrows. | Continue reading
The New York Times and other elite media outlets have openly embraced advocacy over reporting. | Continue reading
How do we know our political convictions are based in reality? | Continue reading
The Biden stimulus is crammed with goodies but makes no economic sense. | Continue reading
A Cupertino elementary school forces third-graders to deconstruct their racial identities, then rank themselves according to their “power and privilege.” | Continue reading
“Harm-reduction” advocates do little more than pass out drug supplies to the sick and dying. | Continue reading
The 1918 Spanish flu was a killer of historic proportions. | Continue reading
Americans are increasingly afraid to express themselves honestly. | Continue reading
Remote work is accelerating a talent migration to cities with lower living costs and better quality of life. | Continue reading
Anti-business policies are driving flagship firms out of California. | Continue reading
End insider privileges by renewing the freedoms to build, to work, to sell, and to learn. | Continue reading
On different views of African-American disadvantage | Continue reading
It’s the achievement gap, not systemic racism, that explains demographic disparities in education and employment. | Continue reading
The death of Tony Hsieh is the loss of an urban pioneer. | Continue reading
San Francisco’s political leadership has squandered a fortune. | Continue reading
The history of zoning in New York City shows that we need reform now to build more housing. | Continue reading
Disposable products are sanitary, efficient, and environmentally sound. | Continue reading
As family and community life erode, mistrust and nihilism are potent among young men—the most likely participants in violent upheavals. | Continue reading
The ubiquity of media, our fractured politics, and a collapse in the self-confidence of ruling elites are the overlapping trends that have contributed to the intensity of the riots and protests. | Continue reading
Healthy institutions are made, not born. | Continue reading
A lauded book about antiracism is wrong on its facts and in its assumptions. | Continue reading
Over a lifetime of scholarship and public engagement, economist Thomas Sowell has illuminated controversial topics such as race, poverty, and culture. | Continue reading
A letter accusing a prominent linguist of racism applies familiar tactics. | Continue reading
San Francisco’s plan to put homeless people in hotels and motels is not going well. | Continue reading
The unwinding of law and order in our cities has happened with stunning speed. | Continue reading
Reflections on race, riots, and police | Continue reading
The lessons of the first totalitarian revolution | Continue reading
Antifa-affiliated activists seize control of a city neighborhood and declare an “autonomous zone.” | Continue reading
A promising new idea for the region’s beleaguered citizens | Continue reading
National politics is always shaped by urban politics—and that won’t change, even now. | Continue reading
Britain has gotten a hard lesson about blind trust in scientific authorities. | Continue reading
Thousands say ciao to San Francisco. | Continue reading
Even with infections dropping, the Bay Area extends its shelter-in-place order. | Continue reading
FDA regulations block usage of a feature in Apple Watches that would help millions of users monitor their blood-oxygen levels. | Continue reading
The 7/7 solution to an insoluble conflict | Continue reading