AEI Society and Culture: Experts, highlights, and headlines

Society and culture scholars

Arthur Brooks President Research areas: Culture, politics, and economic life in America, Philanthropy

 

Ramesh Ponnuru Visiting Fellow Research areas: Health care policy, economic policy, Constitutionalism

 

W. Bradford Wilcox Visiting Scholar Research areas: Child wellbeing, Impact of family structure on economic growth

Charles Murray W.H. Brady Scholar Research areas: Marriage, family, and social mores, Crime, Social structure

 

Christina Hoff-Sommers Resident Scholar Research areas: Feminism & American culture, Morality, Adolescents

Headlines and Highlights

Don’t hold a funeral for marriage yet
W. Bradford Wilcox, The Federalist
Judging by the views expressed by some of the nation’s leading family scholars, marriage’s days in America are numbered. Recent data may suggest otherwise.

Immigrants aren’t stifling the middle class
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
Does immigration hurt American wages? Some Republican presidential candidates seem to think so.

How to avoid commencement clichés
Arthur Brooks, The New York Times
Advice for anyone asked to give a commencement speech: Avoid plastics; put purpose ahead of product; emphasize sanctification and service. Also, keep it under 30 minutes.

Regulation run amok — and how to fight back 
Charles, Murray, The Wall Street Journal
Too many government regulations today are pointless and prevent us from doing our jobs as well as we could, writes Charles Murray. His modest proposal: ignore them.

Hillary Clinton, immigration extremist
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View
If you like President Barack Obama’s constitutionally dubious expansions of presidential power, you’ll love President Hillary Clinton.

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