AEI This Week
Jul 18, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
Want to understand what the Supreme Court did this term? These two words are the key.
 
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The Supreme Court is the least unwell branch of government, in no small part because of the chief justice’s careful stewardship, writes Adam White.
 
 
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Robert Doar and Ian Rowe on police reform and race in America
 
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Ian Rowe and Robert Doar joined "Banter" for a discussion on race relations in America, what this country has achieved, and what more can and should be done.
 
 
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Education or indoctrination?
 
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The campus orthodoxy that grips so many institutions of higher education is a daunting problem, stifling critical thought and sowing doubts about how much faith we can have in the integrity of scholarship on vital questions of social import. Frederick Hess asks, "What, if anything, can or should be done about this?"
 
 
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There are two easy steps to avoiding chaos this election. We haven’t taken them yet.
 
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The management of elections inherently raises concerns about politicization, with each party worrying that the other will try to manipulate the rules to gain advantage, explain Yuval Levin and Kevin Johnson.
 
 
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An interview with President Trump: ‘The real hate is the hate from the other side’
 
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Marc Thiessen spoke with the president on Confederate monuments, Russian election interference, cancel culture, and his critics in the media.
 
 
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China’s global investment vanishes under COVID-19
 
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As expected given COVID-19, China’s construction and, especially, investment around the world plunged in the first half of 2020, writes Derek Scissors. The decline may be exaggerated by Chinese firms not wanting to report global activity, but Beijing’s happy numbers are not credible.
 
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