Commentary: We Can’t Split the Difference on Culture

Commentary: We Can’t Split the Difference on Culture

by Kevin D. Vallier   The United States is an outlier among established democracies in two respects: We face both falling social trust and rising polarization. I have argued that the two dynamics connect in a doom loop. Trust in others and institutions falls,...
Commentary: Be Grateful for Global Warming

Commentary: Be Grateful for Global Warming

by Gregory Wrightstone   Present-day warming has been termed a crisis, and modern economic development a cancer. But what if I told you that much of the recent advancement in human prosperity would have been impossible without the temperature increases of the...
Georgia’s December Net Tax Revenues Up 24.3 Percent

Georgia’s December Net Tax Revenues Up 24.3 Percent

  Georgia’s net tax collections in December totaled $2.98 billion, for an increase of $582.9 million, or 24.3 percent, compared to December 2020 when net tax collections totaled $2.40 billion, state officials announced this month. “Year-to-date, net tax revenue...
Commentary: The Road to Vengeance

Commentary: The Road to Vengeance

by Mark Bauerlein   In Fall 2017, the president of Wesleyan University, Michael Roth, invited me to speak as part of a “difficult conversations” initiative. Wesleyan is a determinedly left-wing campus, and Roth saw the occasional conservative visitor as good for...