Review: Beau Is Afraid
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Restrictions on baby carriers during takeoff and landing are based on a single study from 1994 that didn’t even study these types of devices.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
"Then my baby started crying so I reached for my son, and as I'm reaching, a man held me and told me, 'Don't touch him. He's getting taken away from you,'" said the children's mother.
Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation reported that a permanent expansion would cost more than $1.4 trillion over a decade.
Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
While same-sex marriage was already protected under federal law, that protection was afforded by the Supreme Court, not Congress.
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
An op-ed in The New York Times tries to make the case that the Chinese Communist Party is a worthy partner in raising children.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler's case challenging home equity theft.
"They couldn't keep him alive for two weeks," says the boy's father. "That's absolutely insane."
Hunter Biden's attorneys make a curious argument to oppose his daughter taking his name.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
Overbearing CDC guidance, pointless calls to the police, and more.
A staggeringly high number of families are subject to child abuse and neglect investigations in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Federal recognition of same-sex marriage is now officially on the books and no longer dependent on the Supreme Court.
Pearisburg, Virginia, social services says kids must be watched—at all times—until they turn 13.
A million hypotheticals bloom in arguments over when and where the government may compel speech.
The policy has some bipartisan support, despite the fact that it has mostly been a failure since its inception.
This isn't something radical. It basically just affirms a status quo supported by the polls.
Congress should not forget that they can legislate in response to Supreme Court rulings.
Found families may ultimately lead to new ones.
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On its 25th anniversary, the ASFA is in bad need of reform.
If passed, same-sex couples wouldn’t need to worry about Supreme Court precedents.
Big cities like New York, Baltimore, and others use strict definitions of family to restrict housing.
Richard V. Reeves documents terrible trends and suggests solutions that don't come at the expense of women.
The EconTalk host and Wild Problems author talks about the limits of cost-benefit analyses.
Even if credentialed teachers help kids learn more, it’s not worth making D.C. day cares prohibitively expensive and pushing experienced teachers out of jobs.
A compromise to protect religious freedom may bring on more Republican support.
The host of EconTalk and author of Wild Problems says our biggest decisions don't submit to easy cost-benefit analyses.
Whether the federal government should be subsidizing families at all is another matter.
Plus: The editors each consider a book they might secretly want to write one day.
Rubio says states should decide marriage laws, but DOMA is a federal law that overruled state regulation.
The debate isn’t a panorama of the whole American abortion war, but it is a snapshot of a key battle after a surprise victory, and it shows no path to peace.
There is demand for child tax credits, paid family leave, and funding for crisis pregnancy centers but the Rubio-Romney plan is not the answer.
A kid roaming the streets on his own is like an endangered species: once common, now rare, and worth trying to bring back.
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A new survey of single people confirms that we have more sexual choices than ever. Match.com's chief science adviser explains why such a libertarian outcome doesn't lead to libertinism.
Requiring kids as young as 5 to either get vaccinated or stay home is not as smart or as necessary as de Blasio claims.
The unique civic and economic role of voluntarism and charity has been a core part of American culture for centuries.