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Making History Modern

When women bought retro futurism at $4.50 a yard

The Fragile Generation

BAD POLICY AND PARANOID PARENTING ARE MAKING KIDS TOO SAFE TO SUCCEED.

The FDA Warms To Vaping

IN JULY, THE Food and Drug Administration(FDA) extended the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to seek regulatory approval of their products.

Congress Passed The First Step Act. What's The Second Step?

In the waning days of the 115th Congress, the first major criminal justice bill in eight years was passed.

Oh, The Places They'll Go —If You Let Go

An economist’s guide to happier, more relaxed parenting

When Did We Get So Scared of ‘Screen Time'?

The myth of brain rot from glowing rectangles.

What It Means To Be A Kid In The 21st Century

Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.

Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young

“Cancel Culture” is out of control online.

Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often

We don’t do it nearly enough.

The Twilight Of Asset Forfeiture?

2018 WAS A bad year for civil asset forfeiture, the infamous practice by which police can seize property even if the owner is not charged with a crime.

We Don't Need Soccer Moms - Or Dads, Or Coaches

BETWEEN THE TWO of them, Carlo Celli and Nathan Richardson—both language professors at Bowling Green State University in Ohio—have coached youth soccer for about 30 years.

Health Care ATE America

In 1960, six years before the start of Medicare and Medicaid, America spent about $27 billion on health care.

No More Vietnam Syndrome

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY for decades proceeded in the shadow of the failure in Vietnam. Some 58,000 Americans were killed in that war.

Better, Faster, Cheaper

THE LIVING STANDARDS of Americans have vastly improved during the past 50 years, with the quality of available consumer products steadily rising even as their prices have steeply fallen.

When The Nanny State Actually Tries To Nanny

ANYTIME YOU HEAR the words “for the safety of our precious children,” grab your little ones and run. Someone who thinks he cares more about your kids than you do is about to make you grovel. If he’s from the government, run faster.

The Backpage Scandal Isn't What You Think

How indie media entrepreneurs James Larkin and Michael Lacey became the targets of a federal witchhunt

After Living Abroad, Kids Struggle With American Overparenting

WHEN JEAN PHILLIPSON’S family returned to Fairfax, Virginia, after living in Bolivia, the main thing her 10-year-old son complained about was the bus ride home from school. “He wasn’t allowed to have a pencil out,” says the mom of three, “because it was considered unsafe.”

Budget Hawks Fly The Coop

Goodbye to Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, and Mark Sanford.

Hey, California: Stop Encouraging Building In Fire Zones!

The so-called camp fire in Butte County, California, has led to the deaths of 85 people and destroyed 13,972 homes, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history. Sadly, California law makes it likely that another fire will soon claim that dubious distinction.

The Case Of The Notorious RBG

Examining the life and legend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?

Thanks to the overspending of Congress and successive presidential administrations, America’s debt totals $22 trillion, and it is projected to grow faster and larger in the years to come.

How Not To Build A Jail

The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past? 

Up Close And Personal With Philadelphia's Heroin Crisis

Journalist Christopher Moraff talks about a better way to report on drug culture in America.

The U.S Needs More Immigrants

Without young workers, the economy can’t grow. 

The Shocking Waste Hidden Inside The $126 Billion Afghan Reconstruction

“Congress has appropriated $126 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction since Fiscal Year 2002,” wrote Special Inspector General John F. Sopko in testimony delivered in May to the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management.

The Life And Death Of A Hollywood Blacklist

Sometimes Censorship Is A Public-private Partnership. 

Bad Ideas Are Spreading Like The Plague

The defeat of measles in the United States was one of the great good news stories of the turn of the millennium.

Psychonaut Hamilton Morris On Drugs After Prohibition

What will American drug culture look like once prohibition is finally over and we can start to legally use more substances in more settings?

Helicopter Parenting For Pet Owners

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Quit Worrying And Learn To Love Trade With China

Fretting over deficits and intellectual property will do no good and much harm.