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  • How One African Nation is Pulling Itself Out of Poverty

    How One African Nation is Pulling Itself Out of Poverty0

    When discussing the dramatic increase in living standards of the last decades, we usually forget to mention that this increase hasn’t been uniform. Whereas Asia has experienced tremendous economic growth, Africa is the continent that has benefited the least from global capitalism. This doesn’t mean that living standards in Africa haven’t increased at all. Since

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  • How NYT Readers Responded to Karen Handel’s Win Over Jon Ossoff in Georgia Special Election

    How NYT Readers Responded to Karen Handel’s Win Over Jon Ossoff in Georgia Special Election0

    Republican Karen Handel won the closely watched and hotly contested special congressional election in Georgia’s 6th District on Tuesday. Georgia’s former secretary of state defeated Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional staffer, 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent, per Real Clear Politics. I saw news of Handel’s victory—which was not a huge surprise—on

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  • How NPR Taught Me to Worry About the Police and Trust the Jab

    How NPR Taught Me to Worry About the Police and Trust the Jab0

    I am a social scientist who has written a little bit on media over the years, so sometimes, in the spirit of research, when I have a few extra minutes in the car, I put on the radio. In just 15 minutes or so this morning I gathered the following information. I heard this segment

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  • How Not To Be a Barbarian

    How Not To Be a Barbarian3

    The Barbarian hopes—and that is the very mark of him—that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at the pains to replace such goods, nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that

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  • How Nostalgia Drives Both Political Parties

    How Nostalgia Drives Both Political Parties0

    Every day, we’re confronted by headlines that reveal the ever-widening chasm between left and right in America. What’s driving this hyperpolarization? And are there any solutions? Thanks to a stimulating conversation with National Affairs editor Yuval Levin of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and independent scholar and economist Arnold Kling, I’m learning that there are some pretty

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  • How New York’s Wealthy Parents Try to Raise ‘Unentitled’ Kids

    How New York’s Wealthy Parents Try to Raise ‘Unentitled’ Kids0

    Wealthy parents seem to have it made when it comes to raising their children. They can offer their kids the healthiest foods, the most attentive caregivers, the best teachers and the most enriching experiences, from international vacations to unpaid internships in competitive fields. Yet these parents have a problem: how to give their kids these

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