Tapping the Brakes on Electric Vehicles | City Journal
WEBJan 29, 2024 — The first half "tier 2" rate (covering the balance) = 45 cents / kWh. The second half "tier 1" rate (covering 121 kWh) = 46 cents / kWh. The second half "tier 2" rate (covering the rest) = 53 cents / kWh. The complexity of the billing is by design. It disengages people with less aptitude to understand their bill.
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WEBCity Journal ’s 10 Blocks podcast features rich conversations on public policy and culture with host Brian C. Anderson. In the Risk Talking podcast, host Allison Schrager—economist, journalist, and author—discusses cutting-edge economics in plain language. The Manhattan Institute works to keep America and …
The Censorship Bureaucracy - City Journal
WEBSep 17, 2023 — The Censorship Bureaucracy. Behind faceless policies on everything from emotional health to diversity, equity, and inclusion lies an impulse to control language—and thereby, thought. In a recurring sketch from a popular early 2000s U.K. comedy show called Little Britain, a bank clerk listens to customers’ queries, randomly types on a ...
What Is New York’s Migrant Crime Rate? | City Journal
WEBJul 31, 2024 — Two Sundays ago, two shootings, apparently related, claimed the lives of two men; a third is fighting for his life. The shootings took place just outside a migrant shelter for nearly 800 single adults that has been operating since April, and the three victims are migrants, sources told the New York Post.This double murder, possibly committed by migrant gang members, is just the latest in a ...
A Rising Counter-Elite - City Journal
WEBAug 23, 2024 — Over the last four years, a rising power center in U.S. politics has consolidated, backed by an emerging tech elite and the new wealth of the Internet era. The fusion of conservative populism with the tech Right could reshape American governance. If one thing unites the tech Right and rank-and-file Trump voters, it’s a recognition that the ...
Climate Reactionaries - City Journal
WEBAug 18, 2024 — Climate Reactionaries. Green activists defend policies that disproportionately harm the poor. Despite their progressive bona fides, many California leaders are increasingly comfortable acknowledging that the state’s climate policies will harm the poor and benefit the wealthy.
Anxiety and Democracy | City Journal
WEBAug 19, 2024 — Julian Adorney is a columnist at Reality’s Last Stand and the founder of Heal the West, a Substack movement dedicated to preserving liberalism. Mark Johnson is a facilitator and spiritual men’s coach at The Undaunted Man, an organization that helps men embody healthy masculine energy and cultivate path-agnostic spiritual growth.He writes at The Undaunted Man’s Substack.
Portland Sobers Up - City Journal
WEBJun 14, 2023 — Portland Sobers Up. After years of disorder and misgovernance, the City of Roses is taking steps to reverse its decline. I n the summer of 2020, Portland, Oregon, became the poster child for American urban disaster zones. During the day, tens of thousands of citizens protested peacefully against police brutality following the murder of …
Warren Buffett’s Missed Opportunity | City Journal
WEBAug 22, 2024 — Warren Buffett’s Missed Opportunity. The mogul could have created a nonprofit to challenge the Gates Foundation’s dominance. In 2006, Warren Buffett pledged most of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He told Fortune that he had always planned to give the money away, but “I came to realize that there was a terrific ...
The Real Story Behind Drag Queen Story Hour | City Journal
WEBOct 23, 2022 — Drag Queen Story Hour—in which performers in drag read books to kids in libraries, schools, and bookstores—has become a cultural flashpoint. The political Right has denounced these performances as sexual transgressions against children, while the political Left has defended them as an expression of LGBTQ pride. The intellectual debate has even spilled into real-world conflict: […]