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6 days ago | 
manhattan.institute | Allison Schrager
Trump was right to pressure the UK to reduce its non-tariff barriers, and the biggest beneficiary will be the British economy. President Donald Trump claimed his first victory in his trade war on Thursday: a deal with the UK under which it will reduce many non-tariff barriers in exchange for a 10% US tariff on British goods and possibly lower tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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6 days ago | 
manhattan.institute | Nicole Gelinas
Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted with jagged insouciance when the Trump administration snatched control of the slow-moving Penn Station redevelopment project from New York State last month.
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6 days ago | 
manhattan.institute | Douglas Murray
I wonder how Columbia University would behave in the following scenario. A bunch of students and outside agitators descend on their campus. They are dressed in the gear of the Ku Klux Klan, being careful to conceal their faces so as to avoid any personal criticism. They then enter the university’s library and other sacred spaces of learning and chant for the lynching of black Americans. Would Columbia University sit by while this happened?
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1 week 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.
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1 week ago | 
manhattan.institute | Robert VerBruggen
Antidiscrimination law has become a flashpoint in American political debates once again. With the Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action and a legal campaign against race-conscious “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs—a campaign that now enjoys the support of the executive branch—there has been increased attention to how these laws protect not only black, Hispanic, and Native Americans, but also white and Asian Americans.
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1 week ago | 
manhattan.institute | Allison Schrager
High taxes on imports would hurt growth, but the US economy can probably withstand them. Markets are desperate for good news about tariffs — or no news at all. It only took a pause on the reciprocal tariffs and vague promises of future trade deals for the bond market to stabilize and stocks to recover. And despite the continuing uncertainty and the potential for more disruption, it seems markets are not pricing in a recession. Are traders deluded? Irrational?
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1 week ago | 
manhattan.institute | James B. Meigs
To ensure the future of spaceflight, NASA must stop building rockets. That counterintuitive notion is borne out by the agency’s sad post-Apollo history. For the past 50 years, America’s dreams of space exploration have been stymied by NASA’s failure to build an affordable, reliable launch system. Today, the private sector builds rockets faster, cheaper, and better.
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2 weeks ago | 
manhattan.institute | James B. Meigs
In March, the pipeline company Energy Transfer won a massive civil suit against the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace. The case dates back to 2016, when as many as 10,000 activists traveled to North Dakota and joined Native American groups trying to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Some of the protesters vandalized equipment, threatened workers, and blocked access roads.
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2 weeks ago | 
manhattan.institute | Rafael A. Mangual |Frederick M. Hess |Richard Keck |Tal Fortgang
Good morning:
President Trump gave voice to many Americans’ concerns about crime and civil disorder during the 2024 campaign. His support for law enforcement and his opposition to a radical decarceration agenda earned him the support rank-and-file officers. Now, as Nick Ohnell fellow Rafael A. Mangual argues in City Journal, the president “took a meaningful step toward making good on his campaign promises with a wide-ranging executive order on policing,” released Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
manhattan.institute | Frederick M. Hess |Greg Fournier
American colleges and universities are being scrutinized as never before. From rising tuition costs and allegations of plagiarism at the highest levels to concerns about low rates of completion and the state of free inquiry on campus, four-year colleges in the U.S. are under the microscope. Yet one crucial issue that is too rarely accorded the attention that it deserves is simply what colleges expect of their students.