For years, Naomi Schaefer Riley has been subject to harassment, threats, and accusations of racism merely for pointing out that foster care can save children’s lives. In an essay for Quillette, Riley reflects on how her opponents have used these tactics to silence critics and in the process put children at risk.
Similar dynamics of intellectual intolerance have corrupted American higher education, especially at the elite level. In the Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan profiles Harvard professor and legendary political philosopher Harvey Mansfield, who over a half century of teaching saw conservative perspectives become systematically excluded. Political agendas are also displacing the facts in the hard sciences—especially climate science. In new research in npj Natural Hazards, Roger Pielke Jr. shows how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s influential dataset of weather disasters costing more than $1 billion does not meet its own standards for scientific integrity. In the health care industry, the lack of transparency about pricing drives up costs and prevents consumers from making informed decisions. As Congress considers reforms to address this, James C. Capretta and Jack Rowing propose ideas in a new AEI Economic Perspectives report that would forcefully jump-start a patient-led market transformation in the sector. In his latest podcast episode, Robert Doar sits down with Kenneth M. Pollack to clear up misconceptions about the war in Gaza. As negotiations continue over the Biden administration’s latest ceasefire proposal, they discuss the broader historical context and what it will take to truly defeat Hamas. |
