If universities hope to reclaim their essential role, they must lead again: speaking when silence tempts, teaching when slogans seduce, and remembering that genuine neutrality isn't the absence of principles but the courage to uphold education's fundamental values against all forms of ideological capture.| American Enterprise Institute - AEI
If Harvard acts with integrity and empathy, it can begin to restore confidence that has been badly shaken. If it hides behind legalese or delay, it will confirm what many already suspect: that the nation’s oldest university has lost its legitimacy. The post Harvard’s Chance to Get It Right appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Democracy depends not only on elections or debates, but on the daily habits of care our institutions cultivate. Those habits must be practiced. And they begin, often, with something as small as a child asking his father for money; not for himself, but for someone he may never meet. The post Teaching Democracy, One Walk at a Time appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
A healthy democracy depends on those same habits: patience, attention, and stewardship. A society that forgets how to slow down—how to gather, deliberate, and give thanks—risks losing the capacity for self-government. The post Finding America in a Brooklyn Etrog Market appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Phone bans are simple, relatively small measures, but their effects are profound. They give kids space to breathe, to stumble, to recover, and to grow. And in doing so, they return something fragile but essential: the gift of childhood itself. The post Give Kids Back the Gift of Mistakes appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
As Jews gather to fast and pray, the rest of the nation might pause and learn. Imagine if each of us confessed one fault, forgave one grievance, and renewed one commitment to better behavior. Our families would be stronger, our communities more resilient, and our civic life more humane. The post A Day of Reset: Yom Kippur, Forgiveness, and the Courage to Begin Again appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Democracy depends on words, not weapons. If we fail to defend that principle now, we will pay a steep price later. Campuses must once again be places where ideas clash fiercely but peacefully and where even the most offensive speech is met not with violence, but with better arguments.| American Enterprise Institute - AEI
