John J. DiIulio, Jr. My Black Crime Problem, and Ours Why are so many blacks in prison? Is the criminal justice system racist? The answer is disquieting.
Heather Mac Donald BIDs Really Work Business improvement districts have used private-sector initiative to restore cleanliness and order to public spaces in cities across the nation. Success has earned them bitter enemies—especially in New York.
Roger Scruton Decencies for Skeptics Is religion necessary to make a moral society? No; but reverence is.
Kay S. Hymowitz J. Crew U. Colleges’ glitzy advertising broochures promise a curriculum of boundless variety. And that’s the problem: without a common body of knowledge, too many students are getting an empty education.
Kenneth Silber The Wasted Waterfront New York’s vast, neglected shoreline was once central to the city’s economic and cultural life. It could be again.
Edward L. Glaeser Why Economists Still Like Cities As the Information Age dawns, the dismal science has cheery news for urban America.
