IN THE August 29, 2022, ISSUE
Schools Are Wasting Covid Cash
They are awash in relief funds; maybe they could spend them on education.
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Economic Data and the Coming Elections
What do the numbers predict for Congress and the White House?
Special Section: Education
Schools Are Wasting Covid Cash
They are awash in relief funds; maybe they could spend them on education.
Covid Costs for Kids
Officials made public-health bets that students will have to pay for.
The Toxic Education Politics of Covid
Both sides of the aisle took advantage of the crisis to push long-preferred agendas.
Students’ Family Background Matters
On the need to sort student outcomes by domestic situation.
Sue the Thought Police
Speech First is fighting, and prevailing, against campus censorship.
Defund the Teacher-Trainers
It would be good for students, good for parents, good for schools.
Books, Arts & Manners
America’s Foundational Book
The book that has done so much to shape our understanding of God and ourselves is sure to slip farther in the consciousness of the nation and individuals.
The Dangerous Decarceration Agenda
Prisons teem with violent criminals who, because of progressive practices, commit many crimes before they are finally imprisoned.
Same as the Old Puritans
Progressives’ puritanism manifests as a kind of behavioral totalitarianism. Theirs is not just Sunday worship but an all-consuming ‘way of life.’
Oscar Hammerstein II: A Wonderful Guy
We knew that he was a good man, because of the words he set down on paper and gave to the world.
Two Groups of Women, Weeping
Tragedy is the highest of the dramatic arts. It refines all superficial human differences to an irreducible commonality.
Are You an Etymologist?
Let’s test your knowledge of some unusual etymologies.
Bullet Train’s Satisfying Spectacle
Bullet Train is a summer action movie that isn’t bloated or heavy on world-building pretension, a spectacle that knows its own limitations.
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Midterm Messaging Adjustments
In light of recent poll figures, we thought we’d like to share with you some of our conclusions.
