A number of respected higher education reform leaders, led by the Manhattan Institute, recently issued a statement detailing everything that is wrong with colleges and universities today. Recounting the results of a couple of decades of institutional blight, the comprehensive list names identity politics, DEI, divisive racial quotas, and demonizing the values of Western civilization as the root of campus problems. The …
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“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. … As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” —Abraham Lincoln, 1862 The storm is here. And today, the most radical threat to our Constitution doesn’t come from a foreign army or a global treaty, it comes from inside our political class. For …
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It’s illuminating when politicians speak the truth accidentally, letting voters know what they only say in private to their colleagues or big donors. A video recently resurfaced of New York Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke saying that her Brooklyn district could “absorb a significant number of these (Haitian) migrants,” because, she continued, “I need more people in my district, just for …
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Originally published in Fox News. A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice brought welcome news: crime is down across much of America. But what the report doesn’t say out loud is that the timing is no coincidence. President Donald Trump is simply enforcing immigration laws already on the books — proof that we don’t need more laws; we just need leaders with the …
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Much of the policy discussion around President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has focused on electricity subsidies, where the outcome admittedly falls short of what fiscal conservatives hoped for. Wind and solar projects can still claim subsidies through July 2030, extending billions in taxpayer support for the next five years and driving up ratepayer bills for many years after that. …
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, was supposed to be a decisive break from government intervention in energy markets. Instead, it became a masterclass in why energy subsidies represent one of the most persistent forms of government market intervention. When Congress first debated energy policy reform, the U.S. House of Representatives initially proposed …
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‘Ignoring the extant realities of energy will render students unprepared for making sensible decisions, whether in the public or private sector.’ Some 60 percent of youth attend college after high school, some of them destined for leadership roles. Unfortunately, the things they’re taught aren’t grounded in reality, which ends up creating adverse consequences years down the line. The National Center for Energy …
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Recent ambushes of federal agents follow Rep. Jayapal calling ICE ‘a terrorist force’ as most Democrats vote against condemning attacks. The past few weeks have seen several violent attacks targeting ICE and law enforcement. On June 7, in Los Angeles, left-wing agitators clashed with federal law enforcement and state and local police during anti-ICE protests. A day later, in San Francisco, people were …
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Where did ESG come from? Maybe it’s not surprising that, according to a 2022 report, the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing rules that have dominated corporate boardrooms in recent years began as “a half-baked idea among low-level U.N. staffers,” which soon grew into the “green Frankenstein of Wall Street.” The creators wanted some kind of metric to use for investment …
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AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas Legislature and Governor Abbott for the passage of Senate Bill 8, landmark legislation that mandates participation in federal immigration enforcement programs for sheriff’s departments in counties that operate a jail or contract with a private vendor to operate a jail. “Senate Bill 8 represents a decisive victory for the rule …
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