Warren Buffett’s Missed Opportunity | City Journal
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Warren Buffett’s Missed Opportunity. The mogul could have created a nonprofit to challenge the Gates Foundation’s dominance. In 2006, Warren Buffett pledged most of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He told Fortune that he had always planned to give the money away, but “I came to realize that there was a terrific ...
Oprah vs. Hulk - City Journal
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The two conventions this year, the DNC in Chicago and the RNC in Milwaukee, featured two speakers who captured their respective parties’ aesthetics: television host Oprah Winfrey, for the Democrats, and professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, for the Republicans. The Democrats selected Oprah for an obvious reason. She is a …
Building a New University on Firm Foundations | City Journal
WEBAug 29 2024 / Share. The weeks and months following the October 7 attacks on Israel revealed the crumbling foundations of America’s universities. Weak presidents, craven faculty, and cynical administrators across the country condoned calls for violence and illegal encampments as part of a larger assault on the West’s history, culture, and ...
Third Time’s a Charm? | City Journal
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Thirty-six years later, in 1987, the second wave of conservative critiques began, with Allan Bloom’s surprise bestseller, The Closing of the American Mind. Bloom, then a 47-year-old professor of philosophy, had taught at several elite universities. Students, he reported, were addled by too much TV and rock music.
Anxiety and Democracy | City Journal
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Julian Adorney is a columnist at Reality’s Last Stand and the founder of Heal the West, a Substack movement dedicated to preserving liberalism. Mark Johnson is a facilitator and spiritual men’s coach at The Undaunted Man, an organization that helps men embody healthy masculine energy and cultivate path-agnostic spiritual growth.He writes at The Undaunted Man’s Substack.
DEI v. Science | City Journal
WEBAug 27, 2024 · DEI v. Science. The preference for dogma over scientific inquiry on campuses has become increasingly prevalent. Progressives on campus have quietly undermined scientific research for decades, but in the past year the corruption has become blatant. A series of scandals has exposed widespread bias, …
Heather Mac Donald | City Journal
WEBHeather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has covered a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race ...
A Response to Jordan Peterson on Higher Education Reform
WEBAug 28, 2024 · A Response to Jordan Peterson. The distinguished psychologist is wrong about the politics of the university. The Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson is perhaps the most famous academic dissident in the world, having made his reputation opposing the ideological corruption of the universities. And yet, when considering practical reforms, he is ...
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WEBCity Journal ’s 10 Blocks podcast features rich conversations on public policy and culture with host Brian C. Anderson. In the Risk Talking podcast, host Allison Schrager—economist, journalist, and author—discusses cutting-edge economics in plain language. The Manhattan Institute works to keep America and …
High-Speed Rail—Courtesy of the Private Sector | City Journal
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Brightline, a high-speed rail line built and operated by Florida East Coast Industries (FECI), took its inaugural run last September. Its trains, which hit 125 miles per hour, travel between Orlando and Miami, and cross between the two cities quicker than a car or Amtrak ride. Taking the privately run rail is relatively affordable; tickets are ...
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