Sidelining Science

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Sidelining Science

FromCity Journal's 10 Blocks

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May 22, 2024

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James B. Meigs joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the decline of science journalism.

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May 22, 2024

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City Journal's 10 Blocks, a weekly podcast hosted by editor Brian C. Anderson, features discussions on urban policy and culture with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests. Forthcoming episodes will be devoted to topics such as: predictive policing, the Bronx renaissance, reform of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, homelessness in Portland, Oregon, and more. City Journal is a quarterly print and regular online magazine published by the Manhattan Institute.

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The Loneliness Epidemic: joins City Journal editor to discuss a challenge facing aging populations in wealthy nations across the world: loneliness. Her essay in the , "," explores this subject. "Americans are suffering from a bad case of... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Rent Control’s Resurgence in New York: and join to discuss New York's landmark rent-regulation law and its potential impact on housing in the city and state. Lawmakers in New York recently passed the toughest rent-regulation law in a generation, imposing new... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Amazon Comes to Queens: joins to discuss the resolution of Amazon's year-long "HQ2" competition. This week, the Internet giant announced that it would open new offices in Crystal City, Virginia—near Washington, D.C.—and New... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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The Once and Future Worker: joins City Journal editor to discuss his new book, . The American worker is in crisis. Wages have stagnated for more than a generation, and reliance on welfare programs has surged. Life expectancy is falling as... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Jails: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss how America's health-care system fails the mentally ill, and the steps that cities and states are taking to keep the mentally ill out of jail and get them into treatment. Urban... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
16 min listen
Holiday Season in New York: joins to discuss the chaos that commuters and tourists endure on a daily basis in midtown Manhattan—especially during the holiday season. Every year, city officials are criticized for their poor handling of holiday crowds... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
21 min listen
Seattle’s Homeless Challenge: joins City Journal editor to discuss an urban struggle with street homelessness and the political fight around it in the Pacific Northwest's largest city. Known as the “Emerald City” because its surrounding areas are... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
22 min listen
Family Court Tragedy: joins City Journal editor to discuss how family court in New York fails vulnerable children and how reforms could improve child-welfare. In the New York Family Court System, judges adjudicate cases... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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China's Troubled Urban Future: joins to discuss China's urbanization, class tensions in Chinese cities, and the country's increasingly sophisticated population surveillance. Rapid migration from China's countryside to its cities began in 1980. Many of the rural... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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The Case for Nuclear Power: joins City Journal senior editor to discuss the limitations of renewable energy and the need to expand nuclear technology as a source of clean and reliable electricity. For nearly four decades,... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Bill de Blasio: Rhetoric and Reality: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss Mayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City address, his aspiration to run for president in 2020, and his attempts to position himself as a national progressive leader. "There's... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution: joins to discuss his new book, . Magnet contends that Justice Thomas's originalist jurisprudence offers a path forward for recovering our nation's "lost Constitution" and restoring America as a free, self-governing nation made up... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
34 min listen
Public-Sector Unions After Janus: joins City Journal editor to discuss the impact of last year’s Supreme Court decision in Janus v. ASFCME, in which the Court ruled that public-sector unions’ mandatory “agency fees” were... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
12 min listen
How Trump Is Reshaping Federal Courts: joins City Journal editor to discuss President Trump's impact on the federal courts, the appointment of Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and the diversity in conservative judicial philosophy emerging... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
16 min listen
“Woke” Politics Over Progress in New York Schools: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza's controversial and divisive leadership of the nation's largest public school system. Domanico details Carranza's emphasis on... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
15 min listen
Charter Schools and Teachers’ Strikes: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss charter schools in New York City, the growing protests by education workers across the country, and Democrats' weakening support for charters. In teachers' unions protests from... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
15 min listen
The "Green New Deal" and Trade with China: joins City Journal editor to discuss the Trump administration's trade negotiations with China and the "Green New Deal" proposed by newly elected Democrats in Congress, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Proponents of... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
14 min listen
Prescription Drugs and Price Controls: joins City Journal editor to discuss what the debate over prescription drugs gets wrong and the cost that government-imposed price controls could have on one of the world's most innovative industries.... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
16 min listen
Homelessness Strains New York’s Libraries: joins City Journal editor to discuss how homeless services are putting pressure on one of New York City's most valued cultural institutions: the New York Public Library. Eide describes the situation in "," his story in the Spring 2019 Issue of City... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
17 min listen
NYCHA: Public Housing in Crisis: City Journal contributing editor joins associate editor to discuss problems at the New York City Housing Authority. With some 400,000 residents, NYCHA is the nation's largest public housing system. In recent years, news... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
21 min listen
Music: The Rebel Art Form: Music critic and historian joins City Journal editor to discuss the 4,000-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval—topics explored in his new book, . The music business is a $10... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
23 min listen
"The Diversity Delusion," with Heather Mac Donald: discusses the decline of the university and the rise of campus intellectual intolerance, the subjects of her important new book, . She spoke at a Manhattan Institute event in autumn 2018. Toxic ideas that originated in academia have now... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
23 min listen
The Civil Society Awards: City Journal contributing editor joins associate editor to discuss the Manhattan Institute's , which recognize outstanding nonprofit leaders who develop solutions to social problems in their communities. History has... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
16 min listen
Victor Davis Hanson on Trump: Hoover Institution fellow and award-winning historian joins the Manhattan Institute's to discuss the presidency of Donald Trump and Hanson's new book, . Hanson argues that our 45th president alone has the instinct and energy... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
27 min listen
Reefer's Madness: joins to discuss expanding efforts to legalize recreational marijuana use, a movement helped along by extensive misinformation about the drug's supposed health benefits. This year, at least eight states are debating laws that would... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
31 min listen
From "College Town" to Big City: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss how some big public universities are expanding their tech departments to major cities to maximize their economic impact—creating new political battles in their states. A... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
26 min listen
"Blue Wave" Hits Local Prosecutors: joins to discuss the disturbing leftward trend among urban prosecutors in major cities and the consequences of undoing the crime-fighting revolution of the 1990s. In recent years, cities like Philadelphia and Chicago have elected... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
21 min listen
Mounting Disorder in San Francisco: joins City Journal associate editor to discuss the deteriorating state of public order in San Francisco. The Bay Area's most densely populated and desirable neighborhoods are being destroyed by lawlessness and squalor. San... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
17 min listen
Barriers to Black Progress: Glenn C. Loury of Brown University joined to discuss the persistence of racial inequality in America. Their conversation took place at a Manhattan Institute event in New York City entitled " Professor Loury, who has also taught at Harvard... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Inside the Academic Destruction of a University: At the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, Professor Jacob Howland in City Journal, "a new administration has turned a once-vibrant academic institution with a $1.1 billion endowment and a national reputation in core liberal arts subjects... by City Journal's 10 Blocks
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Sidelining Science

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