The Problem with Lived Experience Some lived experiences are selected and elevated over others. Sarah A. Font / Naomi Schaefer Riley 17 Jul 2023 · 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 31 Aug 2021 · 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 29 Jul 2021 · 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 24 Jun 2021 · 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 15 Jun 2021 · 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 17 May 2021 · 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 15 Jan 2021 · 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 16 Dec 2020 · 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 12 Dec 2020 · 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 23 Sep 2020 · 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 3 Jul 2020 · 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 26 Jun 2020 · 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 17 May 2020 · 12 min read