Carolyn D. Gorman

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Tal Fortgang |Rafael A. Mangual |Carolyn D. Gorman

City Journal contributors Charles Fain Lehman, Tal Fortgang, Rafael Mangual, and Carolyn Gorman break down results from a new Manhattan Institute poll on New York City’s mayoral race. They also unpack the Israel–Iran conflict and the strange state of modern wedding culture. Audio TranscriptCharles Fain Lehman: The two top issues, collectively covering 51 percent of the electorate in the poll, were crime and public safety, so 26 percent, and housing costs, which is at 25 percent.

2 weeks ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Jesse Arm |Neetu Chandak |Carolyn D. Gorman

Charles Fain Lehman, Jesse Arm, Neetu Arnold, and Carolyn Gorman discuss Elon Musk and fiscal conservatism in the GOP, the anti-ICE riots spreading across the U.S., and favorite rockstars. Charles Fain Lehman: What’s sort of funny about Musk is like by the end of this, he sort of speed-ran the like fiscal conservative experience. He was like, we’re going to come in and cut all the waste fraud abuse. By the end he was like, no, the problem really is entitlements. Like that’s actually the issue.

1 month ago | manhattan.institute | Robert VerBruggen |Stephen Eide |Carolyn D. Gorman |Tim Rosenberger

Good morning: The Manhattan Institute announced Wednesday that Paul Singer is stepping down as its Chairman of the Board after a distinguished 21-year tenure as a trustee, including 17 years as Chair. We are also proud to announce that former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was unanimously elected to succeed him as Chair.

Jan 2, 2025 | city-journal.org | Carolyn D. Gorman

The incoming Trump administration wants to improve public safety, push back on progressive cultural politics, and cut wasteful federal spending. One way to do all three? Abolish the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the federal mental-health agency. SAMHSA was created in 1992 to “reduce the impact of . . . mental illness on America’s communities” and to target services to people “most in need.” The agency has failed on both counts.

Nov 21, 2024 | city-journal.org | Carolyn D. Gorman

The word “trauma” has proliferated in American life in recent years. Policymakers have embraced the term and introduced the concept into law. Americans seem increasingly willing to describe themselves as traumatized by negative experiences, or even by mere arguments that make them uncomfortable. Such expansive usage is distorting the meaning of the word, and it’s having an impact on mental-illness policy, too. Trauma is best understood as a normal human response to potential physical harm.