Should the University of Utah Take Koch Brothers Money?

Nick’s introduction On July 20, 2017 the news broke that my employer, the University of Utah, agreed to accept a…

Why We Should Stop Longing for the 1950s

1. The 1950s are sui generis We often view the thirty years after World War II as a golden age…

Soul Mates will be officially launched at a book event at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC on January…

In April I attended a symposium in DC organized by David Blankenhorn and the Institute for American Values on the…

To appear in PS: Political Science and Politics, the journal of record for the American Political Science Association Benjamin Highton,…

In Wolfinger (2003), I analyze data from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households. Controlling for family structure of…

UC Berkeley held a memorial for my dad on April 11, 2015. Here are most of the eulogies. J. Merrill…

My friend Paul and I discuss the pros and cons of bitcoin. I learned a lot from this exchange. Nick:…

This is an extended version of an essay that appeared in the Pacific Standard on January 8, 2014. Women made…