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Laboratories for Democracy
Public education must advance national power.
21 hrs ago
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Making Meritocrats Moral
Public education must form a virtuous elite.
Aug 19
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Yuval Levin
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The School of Self-Rule
Public education must empower the common citizen.
Aug 18
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Bruno V. Manno
and
John Sailer
17
7
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Pregnant in Public
On Usha Vance and right-coding motherhood.
Aug 16
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Theresa Braid
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With All Due Respect to the Experts
On the difficulty and importance of protecting the public square from the cult of expertise.
Aug 13
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Oliver Traldi
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Slam The USMCA Back Door
For the trade agreement to survive, it must keep China out of North America.
Aug 12
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Nicholas Phillips
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Next Stop on the Krugman Apology Tour
And more from this week…
Aug 7
•
Oren Cass
55
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Is Kansas Richer than Canada? with Jeff Reimer and Brian Dijkema
Two writers travel to both sides of the border to understand what metrics can’t capture.
Aug 7
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Chris Griswold
,
Jeff Reimer
, and
Brian Dijkema
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1:00:30
Realignments Are Built After Election Day
Primaries don't sell a shift in economic thinking. But learning from Reagan can.
Aug 6
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Henry Olsen
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14
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But Who Monitors the Baby Monitors?
Team Compass on the tragic trend toward toddler-tracking technology.
Aug 5
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Oren Cass
20
14
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Nothing Left in Europe
The EU’s rightward turn on immigration could leave American liberals on an island.
Aug 2
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Ryan James Girdusky
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July 2026
Grover Norquist Abdicates His Citizenship, and Cheapens Yours
And more from this week…
Jul 31
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Oren Cass
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