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  • Two Thumbs up for the Trades

    Two Thumbs up for the Trades0

    Last week I was strolling through a park beside the French Broad River when I met a former student, a young woman whose fiery personality and humor had always enlivened classroom discussions. With her was a handsome young man whom I assume she is dating. When I asked him what sort of work he did,

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  • Two Things Holding America Together

    Two Things Holding America Together0

    In her Friday column, Peggy Noonan traced the travels of Chris Arnade, a photographer who spent 2016 traversing the nation, taking pictures of struggling Americans along the way. (You’ll find his work in the Guardian and the Atlantic.) Noonan’s columns that probe American life tend to be insightful and poetic, and this one was no

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  • Two Studies on Immigration and Race, With Surprising Details

    Two Studies on Immigration and Race, With Surprising Details0

    Two mainstream think tanks have published new studies on immigration and race in America that come to the typical, safe conclusions. But a look at the data inside shows something more interesting. A new Cato Institute report defending immigration begins by contending that immigrants are unlikely to negatively affect states’ fiscal health. But within the study’s findings,

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  • Two Strategies for Making Better Financial Choices in 2024

    Two Strategies for Making Better Financial Choices in 20242

    The Aesop Fable known as The Ant and the Grasshopper offers a profound commentary on life and work. Its moral is at once striking and compelling, regardless of the reader’s background. One version of the fable goes as follows: One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out

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  • Two Reasons Not to Hire More Border Patrol Agents

    Two Reasons Not to Hire More Border Patrol Agents0

    The main argument against President Trump’s plan to hire more Border Patrol agents is that the Southern border does not need them.  Even border hawks can’t argue with the evidence that Border Patrol agents are a lot less busy than they used to be.  In 1986, Border Patrol agents along the Southern border apprehended an

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  • Two Moms Create a Forest School and Reach Thousands

    Two Moms Create a Forest School and Reach Thousands2

    It was a cool, muddy morning in March when I pulled into the empty parking lot of a sprawling forest and nature preserve about 40 miles outside of Fort Worth, Texas. Soon, cars began arriving, filled with exuberant children of all ages, and their parents, who were ready to spend a few hours together in

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