Forget A Universal Basic Income. Instead, Pay Married People To Have More Babies
Republicans must become not just the party of workers but also the party of families. They should do it by upping Joe Biden’s proposed child tax credit into something bigger.
Exodus From Blue States In 2020 Fueled By COVID And Government Mandates
Among restrictive COVID-19 mandates and government lockdowns that hobbled the economy, significantly more people left blue states to resettle in areas in the southern and western U.S.
Why America Is Actually Not Going To Become A ‘Majority-Minority’ Nation
In embracing the notion of a majority-minority nation, Democrats who advocate identity politics are not placing as good a bet as some of them think.
Two Takeaways From The Election, Regardless Of Who Wins
President Trump’s biggest legacy will be reshaping Republicanism back into its socially conservative, multiethnic, and unifying working-class roots.
After Decades Of Dividing America On Race, Left Insists The Right Is Really To Blame
Demographics aren’t destiny, culture is. The sooner Americans return to affirming “E pluribus unum,” the faster we can mend our national wounds.
Here’s Why ‘Demography Is Destiny’ Fell Apart For Democrats After Obama
Democratic pundits still don’t seem to grasp that demographics both shape and are shaped by politics. It’s not a one-way relationship, it’s symbiotic.
No, The Wuhan Virus Won’t Cause A U.S. Population Decline
Adding a city the size of Philadelphia in just one year hardly means we are on the cusp of a decline in population, as The New York Times article suggests.
Could ‘Stay-at-Home’ Orders Give Birth To A Global Baby Boom?
It has long been a cultural phenomenon that when people are confined to their homes due to dramatic weather events, babies start springing forth nine months later.
‘One Child Nation’ Condemns Abortion Even If Its Director Thinks Otherwise
Nanfu Wang’s opinion notwithstanding, ‘One Child Nation’s’ central message is not a celebration of autonomy. Rather, it is an exposé of evils of abortion.
How College-Educated Whites Are Polarizing And Fracturing The Democratic Party
Echelon’s results suggest that college-educated white Democrats are most responsible for pushing the party leftward, particularly on social and cultural issues.
To Save Itself From Population Collapse, Hungary Offers Couples $35,000 For Having A Third Child
Led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s Fidesz party is encouraging family growth rather than relying on mass immigration to generate younger workers to pay for their welfare state.
School Demographics, Teacher Salaries, And The Economics Of Education
On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, Ben Domenech interviews education economist Eric Hanushek.
5 Reasons The Right Shouldn’t Despair About Young Voters’ Leftism
David Brooks is the latest pundit to claim young voters will doom Trump and the GOP for the foreseeable future. History says such predictions always fail.
Buying Votes With Family Handouts Won’t Work If People Don’t Want Kids
Even if Democrats’ raft of ‘family-oriented’ welfare proposals intend to raise plummeting U.S. birth rates — a national problem that needs to be addressed — they won’t do any good because the problem isn’t money, it’s culture.
What Will The Consequences Be Of Our Plummeting Birth Rate?
Lyman Stone joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss demographics, climate change, American fertility, and Twitter fights.
Dear David Frum: U.S. Population Growth Is Not A Problem, It’s A Solution
There are people planning for the 400 millionth American. There are people planning for, dreaming for, the billionth American. I am one of them.
How Polling Tracks Changes In Partisan Issues And Demographics
The Director of Political Research at Pew joins Federalist radio share what their polls says about generational differences, polarization, and talking politics with relatives at Thanksgiving.
Ted Cruz Might Have Won, But The Midterms Bode Ill For Texas
Cruz barely beat Beto O’Rourke, and other statewide races across Texas showed that despite its deep-red reputation, Texas could turn blue.
Why The ‘Emerging Democratic Majority’ Isn’t Happening
The promise of inevitability has not only led Democrats to overlook logistical and structural problems but has also encouraged them to indulge their leftist passions.
Young Americans Aren’t Too Poor To Have Kids. They’re Just Chicken
They are scared they’ll lose themselves, that it will be too hard, that they’ll never get back the life they are enjoying. The opposite is true.