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Conservatives want the government to pay Americans to get married and have kids
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (406+ words) Cohabiting couples with children are sought for a "marriage bootcamp," ads on radio and social media would announce. If they make it through, they'd have a communal wedding at camp's end and be matched with a mentor couple to help…...
Most young Australians successfully evade the country's social media ban
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (716+ words) J. D. Tuccille | 4. 17. 2026 7: 00 AM Generation Z is famously more anxious than older generations and subject to increased mental health issues. And never mind that young people have been raised in a chaotic world and were isolated from normal social interactions by public…...
Child care costs over $13, 000 a year. Regulation is a big reason why.
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (375+ words) Child care got expensive'more than $13, 000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait'what government does isn't free. Taxpayers pay. And taxpayers…...
Why is it so damn hard to find sympathetic student loan 'victims'?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (272+ words) Right off the bat, something seems off. Tully, the Times tells us, grew up in Colorado and "spent her teenage years as a ward of the State of Colorado and believed a college degree was her ticket to a better…...
Was CASA Really Worth It?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (177+ words) The executive branch sacrificed its power to the Supreme Court, yet gained virtually nothing. Josh Blackman | 3. 31. 2026 1: 06 PM On the other side, the doomsday predictions from'CASA simply have not come to fruition. Richard Re brings the receipts: First, the CASA dissenters…...
Taylor Lorenz: Is social media responsible for bad parenting?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (147+ words) Nick Gillespie | 3. 27. 2026 11: 00 AM Lorenz and Gillespie discuss rising cultural and political calls for regulation of social media, pending legislation such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and how Meta and other major players are simultaneously defending themselves in court…...
Politicians want to ban gambling ads to stop youth addiction. What do the data say about teens and betting?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (274+ words) Are young boys everywhere on the verge of being pulled down into the abyss of online gambling?" If you've been reading the news lately, you might be tempted to think so. Young men are all addicted to sports betting, and…...
"Stalking-Type Behavior"/"Coercive Control" of Minor Stepdaughter, or "Salutary" "Parental" Behavior?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (461+ words) "[T]he trial court identified only two actions that purportedly constituted 'coercive control': the first was 'coordinating with someone Mia thought was her friend to deliver her' to her parents, and the second was an 'unreasonable level of monitoring a…...
UC's National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement $15 K Non-Residential Fellowships (Applications Due March 21)
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) Eugene Volokh | 2. 23. 2026 5: 20 PM Applications are due by Monday, March 30th at midnight. If you have questions, please feel free to contact'freespeechcenter@uci. edu'or'register for an info session. [Information Session:'February 24, 2026, at 12pm PT | 3pm ET.] The UC National Center for Free Speech and…...
Why Mamdani's 'free childcare' won't work
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (554+ words) Liz Wolfe | 1. 30. 2026 10: 40 AM "While families with young children comprise about 14 percent of the city's population, they comprise about 30 percent of the set of New Yorkers who are leaving the city,"said Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at a visit to a day…...