Through Heaven’s Eyes at the Seder Table
The essay reflects on a father‑son moment watching the Prince of Egypt’s song “Through Heaven’s Eyes,” using it to illustrate how perspective shapes identity. It links the song’s metaphor of a single thread in a tapestry to the Passover Seder’s role in transmitting collective memory and moral formation. The author argues that today’s metric‑driven culture undervalues this deeper formation, which is essential for lasting freedom. By framing the Seder as a lens for children to see beyond material validation, the piece calls for a renewed focus on purpose over visibility.
All Unemployment Is Local
Chief economist Gad Levanon of the Burning Glass Institute shows that, between 2022 and 2025, U.S. metros with higher concentrations of college‑educated workers experienced a sharp rise in unemployment, reversing a decade‑long trend. Cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Boston,...
From Apollo to Artemis, and Then Beyond
The Apollo program not only secured the 1960s Space Race but also acted as a catalyst for the nascent digital industry, absorbing roughly 60% of the decade’s microchip output. Its cultural resonance inspired generations of engineers and programmers, embedding technology...
A Different Supply-Side Shock
President Trump’s potential decision to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed would trigger the largest energy‑supply shock on record, cutting roughly 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows. The disruption also threatens 30% of the world’s seaborne fertilizer,...
Online, Off-Campus Hate Speech: Treating Public University Grad Students Like High Schoolers Is Problematic
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing whether the University of Florida can discipline graduate‑student Preston Damsky for anti‑Semitic posts made off‑campus on X. A divided panel previously stayed a lower‑court injunction, allowing the university to proceed with expulsion,...
The Macroeconomic Budget and Health Care Projection Dashboard, Revisited: Can You Put the US Back on a Sustainable Path?
The American Enterprise Institute released an updated macroeconomic projection model that forecasts U.S. federal debt, deficits, and health‑care spending far exceeding CBO estimates. A new interactive dashboard lets users adjust tax rates, Social Security benefits, health‑care elasticities, and investment levels...
New Work in the Age of AI Doesn’t Need a Government Planner
A new NBER working paper by David Autor and co‑authors shows that one in five American workers now hold jobs that did not exist before 1970, and these "new work" roles command a wage premium, especially in technology‑linked occupations. The...