Jesse Arm

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Rafael A. Mangual |Tal Fortgang |Jesse Arm

Charles Fain Lehman, Rafael Mangual, Tal Fortgang, and Jesse Arm discuss the attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home, the Trump administration’s crackdown on Harvard University, and the best crew members to bring on a trip to space. Charles Fain Lehman: Welcome back to the City Journal podcast. I'm your host Charles Fain Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal.

Jan 23, 2025 | city-journal.org | John M. Ketcham |Jesse Arm

Portland, Oregon, and might not have much in common. But both have taken a crucial step to protect students: banning smartphone use in public schools. After more than a decade of distracted learning, increased bullying, declining academic performance, and mental-health challenges wrought by social media, the effects of smartphones on American children have become impossible to ignore.

Aug 17, 2024 | nypost.com | Jesse Arm

In describing Republicans as “weird” during an MSNBC interview last month, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz went viral, raising his national profile just as Kamala Harris was mulling over the selection of her running mate — and gifting Democrats with a smart new line of attack.

Apr 11, 2024 | city-journal.org | Jesse Arm

October 7, 2023—the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah—marked the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. The barbaric mass killing, rape, torture, and kidnapping of innocents in Israel was broadcast to the world in real time by thousands of proud perpetrators from their smartphones. Just as the slaughter carried out by Gazan terrorists on that day was not limited to Jews, the anti-Semitism that has followed 10/7 has not been limited to Israel.

Aug 4, 2023 | city-journal.org | Jesse Arm

One of my earliest political memories is an advertising campaign that ran across Michigan during the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary. Rick Snyder, an Ann Arbor businessman unknown to most of the state’s voters, was facing a host of rivals with big names and impressive political support. Awkward, geeky, and bookish—“one tough nerd”—Snyder didn’t run away from his persona.