Rethinking “Harm Reduction”
Once seen as a model of progressive drug policy, San Francisco now stands as a morbid example of how that approach has gone astray.
Christopher Calton
· 18 min read
Social Policy
A collection of 14 posts
The Problem with Lived Experience
Some lived experiences are selected and elevated over others.
Sarah A. Font, Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 7 min read
Foster Kids Need Their Own Advocates
They are only tasked with getting to know a child and explaining what is in that child’s best interests.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 5 min read
Charles Murray's 'Facing Reality'—A Review
Facing Reality attempts to force into view data that many Americans would rather not acknowledge.
Razib Khan
· 12 min read
The Limitations of Black Conservative Thought
Perhaps if black conservatives offered a more nuanced “vision” of the respective roles of individuals and governments in addressing racial inequality, the black community would be less receptive to the anti-racist narrative that conservatives so vehemently denounce.
Aaron Hanna
· 34 min read
The Conservative Case for Cannabis Legalization
The lack of conservative leadership on this issue is perhaps most keenly felt on the economic side of things, since the cannabis industry creates opportunities for small businesses and domestic manufacturing.
Matthew Roy Ackerman
· 9 min read
Debate and Disinformation: The Ugly Quarrel Over the UK Government’s Race Report
Most critics have instead based their criticism on the demonstrably false accusation that the report “denied the existence of institutional racism in the UK.”
Damian Counsell
· 24 min read
Britain Needs a New Approach to Homelessness
The money offered by benevolent citizens and the abundance of cheap drugs act as a magnet for the area.
Noel Yaxley
· 11 min read
The Question of Affirmative Action: An Interview with Glenn Loury
Education was not equal in 1930 for blacks and whites, nor in 1950, nor in 1970 for that matter.
Michael Sandel and Glenn Loury
· 19 min read
The Problem with Kinship Care
It is not only the state’s consent decree that is pushing it to reduce foster care numbers significantly
Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 9 min read
L.A.'s Failed Homeless Policies Turned My Home Into a Prison
I support helping the homeless—but with meaningful measures that have been proven to work, as opposed to policy that’s heavy on virtue signaling and ultimately short on humanitarian substance.
Amy Alkon
· 18 min read
Affirmative Action in a Multiethnic Nation
India’s reticular caste system poses unique problems. Legions of ethnic groups seek categorization as “backwards classes.”
Joshua Hunter
· 7 min read
Is Foster Care Racist?
The complaints of structural racism and a desire to abolish foster care will sound familiar to anyone who has been listening to the recent debate about policing.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
· 8 min read
Return to ‘The Unheavenly City’
“This book will probably strike many readers as the work of an ill-tempered and mean-spirited fellow,” Banfield explained, “but facts are facts, however, unpleasant, and they have to be faced unblinkingly by anyone who really wants to improve matters in the cities.”
Craig Trainor
· 12 min read