The Buffalo Chronicle
Manhattan Institute
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The internet, COVID-19, and the open society
BY BRET SWANSON One promise of the internet was to lower barriers. It would obliterate the distance limitations of geography and the gatekeeping functions of big media, big business, big academia, and…
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December jobs reports keeps unemployment flat at 3.5%
BY BETH AKERS According to this morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added just 145,000 jobs in December. Surveys indicated that economists were anticipating closer to 160,000 jobs. This left…
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HUSOCK: End dependence trap with better use of public housing
BY HOWARD HUSOCK The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) operates 174,000 total units, making it, by far, the largest public housing authority in the United States. But living conditions in NYCHA…
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DeBlasio returns to a New York slipping towards crime and disorder
BY MICAH MORRISON New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s withdrawal from the presidential race last week is a lost opportunity. A successful de Blasio effort in the Democratic primaries—his was anything but—could have…
