What Men Are For
When I was thirteen, my father lost his job. He was hardly alone: this was…
Andrew Tate and the West’s lost boys
In August 2022, English teacher Kirsty Pole took to Twitter to warn other teachers about…
A Nation of Boys at Risk
After decades of intensive effort and investment to create an equitable education system, not least…
Lies and honest mistakes
The other day, I told a friend that Knoxville is the capital of Tennessee. Five…
100 years on, politics is where the U.S. lags most on gender equality
A century on from women winning the right to vote in the U.S., our nation…
The Respect Deficit
At the end of 2017, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority launched a new ad…
Trickle-Down Norms
American society is fragmenting. Social solidarity is withering, as evidenced by the fading influence of…
In Defense Of Immigrants
At the very heart of the American idea is the notion that, unlike in other…
Mill’s Mind
Benjamin Franklin exhorted his fellows to “either write something worth reading or do something worth…
College and the End of Upward Mobility
America sees itself as a meritocracy. No other nation has turned upward mobility into a…
Saving Horatio Alger
On a warm spring evening in Washington, D.C., a fleet of limousines and town cars…
The New Politics of Character
In August 2011, there was panic on the streets of London. Riots broke out in…