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The Men Who Built America: John D. Rockefeller

Kurt Jaros | March 18, 2013 | Society

This is part four of a series on “The Men Who Built America.” As I continue on with this series on men who built America, I would like to introduce you to John D. Rockefeller. Most of us are familiar with the Rockefeller name. Be it either a U.S. Senator...

Kurt Jaros

Kurt Jaros is the Executive Director of Defenders Media.

Solving Problems Apart from the Law

Nicholas Freiling | March 7, 2013 | Society

Last year alone, more than 40,000 new laws took effect across the United States. Regulating everything from immigration to happy hours to golf cart traffic, the force of law is quickly becoming Americans’ favorite way to resolve conflicts. And while there are...

Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.

A Brave and Frightening New World

Tyler Castle | March 4, 2013 | Society

In its prophetic and unsettling portrayal of a future “utopia” (or more fittingly, “dystopia”), Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” conveys a fundamental societal choice. We can pursue either truth and beauty or happiness and...

Tyler Castle

Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Standardized Testing: A Costly Substitute for Prices

Wesley Gant | February 14, 2013 | Society

Among the many ailments afflicting education in the United States is the assessment conundrum: parents and taxpayers alike demand the means to measure effectiveness across schools, but the drawbacks to standardized tests are becoming universally acknowledged. In an...

Wesley Gant

Wesley Gant is the Director of Strategic Communications at Polymath, a creative agency.

Rights Gone Wrong

Tyler Castle | February 13, 2013 | Society

I am beginning to think rights are overrated. Now, before you label me a fascist, let me explain. A few minutes into President Obama’s second inaugural address he stated: What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated...

Tyler Castle

Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.

Start Community Organizing

Joy Pullmann | February 11, 2013 | Society

I mentioned last time that I favor social justice through equal opportunity. Today, I’m writing about how I favor community organizing. In fact, I’ve done a little of it recently: I attended my first neighborhood association meeting. We moved into a new...

Joy Pullmann

Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist.

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Solving Problems Apart from the Law

A Brave and Frightening New World

Standardized Testing: A Costly Substitute for Prices

Rights Gone Wrong

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The Men Who Built America: John D. Rockefeller

Solving Problems Apart from the Law

A Brave and Frightening New World

Standardized Testing: A Costly Substitute for Prices

Rights Gone Wrong

Start Community Organizing

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