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The Wall Street Journal

Iran Can’t Hold the World Hostage

The Iranian regime’s conduct in the war reveals it to be thoroughly irresponsible and malign. Superpowers don’t cower before such a regime. They beat it.

BY Matthew Continetti ON 13 Mar 26

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SCOTUSBlog

Does Legislative History Have a Judicial Future?

Does legislative history have a future in judicial opinions? For the first time in a long time, it seems so. For decades, the rise of textualism was accompanied by the decline of judicial reliance on…

BY Adam J. White ON 13 Mar 26

Op-Ed

The Liberal Patriot

The Democrats’ White Liberal Problem

It’s easy to underestimate how much the Democratic Party has changed in this century. In particular, you can miss how white liberals have changed from being a voice in the choir to the choir director….

BY Ruy Teixeira ON 13 Mar 26

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RealClearEducation

A Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree? Let’s Give It a Try.

Three-year bachelor's degrees can save students time and money, but their real strength is that they represent much-needed experimentation in higher education.

BY Beth Akers ON 12 Mar 26

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National Bureau of Economic Research

Life Cycle Portfolio Choice with Human Capital and Social Security

Abstract Target date funds – which initially invest a large share of retirement savings in stocks and shift gradually towards bonds over the life cycle – are designed to provide a “one stop shop” for…

BY Sita Nataraj Slavov + Jason Scott + John Shoven + et al. ON 16 Mar 26

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Senate Passes 21st Century ROAD Act, with Multiple Harmful Impacts on Low-Income Families

Yesterday the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD Act by a vote of 89–10. Among its many provisions is one especially harmful measure to low-income families. Nearly 50% of full-time low-income workers live in single-family…

BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter ON 13 Mar 26

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Good Neighbors: Market Intelligence

3X3 Solutions | For Our Neighbors One Pathway. One Solution. Three Measures That Matter. Housing Pressure Price ÷ Income Point in Time PIT per 1,000 Median Days Homeless System Throughput (SPM 1b) The Solution: Housing…

BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter + Arthur Gailes + et al. ON 12 Mar 26

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Housing Finance Watch (Week 10, 2026)

PDF to full report  Key takeaways: View Full Text AEI Housing Center Housing Finance Watch 2026 Week 10* February 28 – March 6 Median purchase rate rose to 5.99% in week 10. This is…

BY Edward J. Pinto + Tobias Peter + Sissi Li ON 10 Mar 26

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American Enterprise Institute

What Does It Mean to Be Madisonian?

The constitutional system advances Madisonian commitments like democratic governance, deliberation, and consensus—not through the means James Madison preferred in 1787 but through the practical accommodations with classical republicanism that he eventually embraced.

BY Jay Cost ON 10 Mar 26

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Conservative Education Reform Network

The Right Way to Boost Teacher Diversity

The left’s approach to promoting teacher diversity is problematic, but that does not mean we should dismiss the goal of increasing teacher diversity.

BY Michael J. Petrilli ON 9 Mar 26

Report

American Enterprise Institute

When Does China Stop Growing (Entirely)?

The Chinese economy has been generally weaker than acknowledged in the 2020s. The most frequently discussed solutions, such as stimulating consumption, cannot generate a sizable, sustained impact for more than a year or so.

BY Derek Scissors ON 5 Mar 26

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AEI State Housing Supply Legislative Update

This is the year (and hopefully decade) of: “It’s Supply, Stupid” and “Small Lot, Small Lot, Small Lot.” As of today, there are bills in 20 state legislatures having total or partial alignment with the…

BY Edward J. Pinto ON 5 Mar 26

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Overview of Low Wage Workers and Rental Housing Market: Know the Market, Find the Path Home

PDF to full report  View Full Text Overview of Low Wage Workers and Rental Housing Market Know the Market, Find the Path Home. Edward Pinto Co-Director and Senior Fellow ([email protected]) AEI.org/housing | March 4,…

BY Edward J. Pinto ON 4 Mar 26

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The Art of Association

Rebalancing Democracy’s Leadership Pipeline

There is no shortage of opportunities for philanthropy to support the kind of political leaders we need more of. To realize them, philanthropy will need to invest less in one-dimensional moral activism and more in community organizers and problem-solvers in politics. This entails building up the capacity of American democracy rather than the single-minded pursuit of a specific policy agenda.

BY Daniel Stid ON 16 Mar 26

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Education Week

The Trump Administration Has Mostly Dismantled the Ed. Dept. Should You Care?

Here’s how much the administration has really changed federal education policy.

BY Frederick M. Hess ON 17 Mar 26

Op-Ed

Education Next

No Homework? “No Problem,” says Smug Snidely

Eminent ed school dean Smug Snidely sees the decline in take-home assignments as allowing students more time to be their authentic selves.

BY Frederick M. Hess ON 17 Mar 26

Article

The Art of Association

Rebalancing Democracy’s Leadership Pipeline

There is no shortage of opportunities for philanthropy to support the kind of political leaders we need more of. To realize them, philanthropy will need to invest less in one-dimensional moral activism and more in community organizers and problem-solvers in politics. This entails building up the capacity of American democracy rather than the single-minded pursuit of a specific policy agenda.

BY Daniel Stid ON 16 Mar 26

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The erosion of civics is not simply a failure of pedagogy or curriculum, but a failure of purpose—a reordering of priorities that helps explain why civic education today feels so thin and peripheral.

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Michael R. Strain

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Matthew Continetti

Director of Domestic Policy Studies
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Kori Schake

Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
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Yuval Levin

Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs
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Adam J. White

Laurence H. Silberman Chair in Constitutional Governance and Senior Fellow
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Daniel A. Cox

Director, Survey Center on American Life
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Samuel J. Abrams

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