Red And Blue Americans Listen To Each Other With Better Angels, And It’s Wonderful
Better Angels sets up ‘red-blue workshops’ in which an equal number of conservative and progressive adults talk about their differences within a structured format.
Mike Lee’s New Project Measures Social Capital And The Closeness Of Communities
Senator Mike Lee and Director of the Social Capital Project Scott Winship share what they found in measuring a unique cross of data of American communities.
Loneliness Is Fueling The Opioid Epidemic. Here’s How You Can Help
A compelling argument can be made that as America’s economic capital increased, its social capital declined. Both are affecting the opioid epidemic.
To Prevent School Shootings, We All Need To Get Into Our Neighborhoods
A healthy community will help parents who don’t have the means to protect their children, and a state that can’t figure out how to properly balance freedom and safety.
Why America Will Not Solve Its Existential Crisis Without A Rebirth Of Faith
A genuine cure must include cultural revival in which religious communities come alongside individuals and families to reweave the frayed ends of broken relationships.
We Need A Child Tax Credit Bump To Undo Our Welfare State’s Redistribution Of Children
Creating children likely to grow up into productive adults and capable citizens is non-negotiable to the nation’s long-term health, both socially and fiscally.
Why It’s Cruel And Stupid To Politicize Marriage And Hard Work As ‘Racism’
These law-school faculty prove the Left has become so Puritanical and rigid that any positive reflection on the post-war period is immediately ‘racist.’ This isn’t history—it’s religion.
Arguments About How To Participate In Our Broken World Are As Old As Humanity
The publication of Rod Dreher’s ‘The Benedict Option’ provoked a series of discussions about what it means to ‘withdraw from the world’ and whether we should.
7 Insights From J.D. Vance And Co. About The Forces Ripping American Families Apart
With an auditorium packed to hear best-selling ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author J.D. Vance, Heritage Foundation scholars unveiled the 2017 Index of Culture and Opportunity.
To Fix Our Societal Ills, We Need To Focus On More Than Handouts
Our fragmented republic needs a reinvigoration of community, social capital, private associations, and familial wellbeing, said panelists unveiling Heritage’s 2017 Index of Culture and Opportunity.
Podcast: Social Institutions, Attacks On Religious Freedom, And Modern Love
Bre Payton and Gracy Olmstead discuss recent studies and reactions to various spheres of American culture.
Does Our Nation Still Offer Its Youth The Chance To Succeed Through Social Capital?
David Brooks bemoaned elitism’s effect on upward mobility on Tuesday. But that isn’t the only thing keeping our society fragmented and unsuccessful.
I Bake New Neighbors Bread To Welcome Them, And They Never Say Hello to Me Again
I am glad I am this old so I don’t have to live in this cold, uncaring world for 50 more years. Many Americans appear to have become shallow, immoral, intolerant, and hateful.
Congressional Hit On Charles Murray Indicates Rioting Won’t Stay On Campus
Charles Murray is an eminent social scientist who should be receiving the nation’s highest honors rather than be subjected to humiliating public floggings.
To Repair Our Fractured Republic, Get To Know Your Neighbors
Social capital depends on real presence. It’s the sort of connection that only happens via geographic proximity, not on social media.
It’s Jane Jacobs’ Birthday. Here’s Why She Matters More Than Ever
What does Jane Jacobs have to teach us today? Are her observations on city communities still applicable to today’s urban environments?
Why I Won’t Apologize For Loving Chicago
Chicago’s crime doesn’t define the city, and the city isn’t in the shape outsiders assume it is.
10 Ways To Help A Military Family Going Through A Deployment
Deployments can be a lonely and fearful time for homebound spouses and children. Here are a few ways you can make those months of separation less difficult.
NAACP Tells Black Parents To Keep Their Kids In Crappy Schools As Leverage For Tax Hikes
If they cared about black kids’ futures, the NAACP would be begging more charter schools to open as fast as possible, not demanding the opposite.
How The Collapse Of American Community Has Fed Donald Trump
Many voters place a faith in Donald Trump that once rested in their churches, families, and wider communities.
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