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Politics

Policy for the People

| July 7, 2015 | Politics

Policy for the People
Is policy made to help people or places? This is a central question politics is built to answer, and for too many years America’s leaders have answered wrongly. They have favored improving place at the expense of bettering the lives of people. The triumph of place is...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Is Liberty Negative or Positive?

| June 10, 2015 | Politics

Is Liberty Negative or Positive?
Contemporary debates over public policy have deep ideological roots, and these roots reach far deeper than what a pundit’s talking points will betray.  In the West, where personal freedom is often prized as the chief public value, individual liberty is a frequent...
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Daniel Davis
Daniel Davis is a graduate from Wheaton College and is the editor of True Declination Ministries. He currently interns as Townhall Media, and he previously interned at the American Enterprise Institute.

Postscript: Sheldon Silver and the Moreland Commission

| March 20, 2015 | Politics

Postscript: Sheldon Silver and the Moreland Commission
This article is a postscript to “How Sheldon Silver’s Scandal Reveals Albany’s Corruption.” On January 22, Democrats from New York’s State Assembly emerged ashen faced from behind closed doors after a last-ditch attempt to save their...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

How Sheldon Silver’s Scandal Reveals Albany’s Corruption

| March 12, 2015 | Politics

How Sheldon Silver’s Scandal Reveals Albany’s Corruption
Sheldon Silver, a New York assemblyman for 38 years and a speaker for 21, was arrested by the FBI on January 22 and arraigned in federal court on five corruption charges. In public, Silver presented himself as a simple personal-injury lawyer. Behind closed doors, he...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.