"The pursuit of freedom, which is also the pursuit of happiness, is not the pursuit of independent isolation but of interdependent belonging. It is the pursuit of flourishing, and our future depends on it." Yuval Levin explains why in our divided times, our practice of freedom needs to focus on communal self-governance and the formation of souls.

How much has the pandemic permanently increased working from home? Conventional estimates tend to suggest work-from-home rates are six times higher today than in 2019, but Scott Winship and Thomas O'Rourke argue that these data vastly overstate the transformation.

The increasing proliferation of medical quality measurements has cost doctors and hospitals billions of dollars in reporting costs, while consuming ever-increasing amounts of time and labor, with little demonstrated benefit for patients. Brian J. Miller, Anthony M. DiGiorgio, and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld explore how to simplify these metrics and lessen the burden on the health care system.

Republicans and Democrats should be concerned about the spiraling costs and burdens of raising children today. Marc A. Thiessen, writing with liberal columnist Alyssa Rosenberg, proposes a pro-family policy agenda that both parties should be able to get behind.

The proposed American Farmers Feed the World Act would reserve at least half of the Food for Peace program's budget for purchasing and shipping American agricultural commodities as international aid. Stephanie Mercier and Vincent H. Smith warn that this would undermine recent, effective food aid reforms.