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WEB6 days ago · City Journal ’s 10 Blocks podcast features rich conversations on public policy and culture with host Brian C. Anderson. In the Risk Talking podcast, host Allison Schrager—economist, journalist, and author—discusses cutting-edge economics in plain language. The Manhattan Institute works to keep America and …
Heterodox Journalism in the Ivy League | City Journal
WEBAug 9, 2024 · Heterodox and conservative journalism is undergoing a revival in the Ivy League. That the Ivy League, even with its progressive intellectual conformity, should periodically give rise to new conservative voices shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has engaged with young conservatives attending one of these schools.
Climate Reactionaries - City Journal
WEBAug 18, 2024 · Climate Reactionaries. Green activists defend policies that disproportionately harm the poor. Despite their progressive bona fides, many California leaders are increasingly comfortable acknowledging that the state’s climate policies will harm the poor and benefit the wealthy.
Upend the Department - City Journal
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Upend the Department. Columbia needs to address the rampant anti-Semitism in its Middle Eastern studies program. On October 8, 2023, Joseph Massad, a professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history in Columbia University’s Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, took to the Electronic Intifada, an online ...
The Academy at the Crossroads | City Journal
WEBDec 13, 2023 · With this latest twist in the battle over university leadership, the academy stands at a crossroads. For decades, Wall Street titans funneled billions of dollars into their alma maters, even as those universities promoted ideas inimical to civilizational excellence and economic success. When students started celebrating the October 7 Hamas ...
Kamala Revives the “Gouging” Myth | City Journal
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Kamala Revives the “Gouging” Myth. The Harris campaign’s price control idea is pandering, not serious policy. / Eye on the News / Politics and law, Economy, finance, and budgets. Aug 15 2024 / Share. Early in the pandemic, a local merchant I know in New York, an immigrant who owns a small stationary store, worked tirelessly to …
A Consensus No Longer | City Journal
WEBAug 12, 2024 · A Consensus No Longer. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons becomes the first major medical association to challenge the consensus of medical groups over “gender-affirming care” for minors. / Eye on the News / Health Care, The Social Order. Aug 12 2024 / Share. The main justification for “gender-affirming care” for minors in the ...
The EV Jobs Myth - City Journal
WEBSep 21, 2023 · The EV Jobs Myth. A transition to an all-electric-car future won’t mean less labor but more—much of it overseas. Many claim that the United Auto Workers strike is, at core, a reaction to an “inevitable” transition to an all-electric-car future. They say that this future involves fewer jobs because electric vehicles (EVs) are supposedly ...
High-Speed Rail—Courtesy of the Private Sector | City Journal
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Brightline, a high-speed rail line built and operated by Florida East Coast Industries (FECI), took its inaugural run last September. Its trains, which hit 125 miles per hour, travel between Orlando and Miami, and cross between the two cities quicker than a car or Amtrak ride. Taking the privately run rail is relatively affordable; tickets are ...
The Truth About White Flight - City Journal
WEBDec 23, 2020 · S peaking at an October 2019 Obama Foundation Summit, Michelle Obama reminisced about growing up in South Shore, a Chicago lakefront neighborhood. Some memories were bitter. The former First Lady, born in 1964, lamented living through “white flight.” As “upstanding families like ours, who were doing everything we were supposed to do . . . moved in,” she said, “white folks moved out.”