News & Commentary - Archive 2012

February 1, 2012
Why Your Block is More Integrated

Change — especially the slow, steady kind — can be a hard thing to notice. When we see the same people and places every single day, we often don’t register how they grow and evolve.

But when we stop to reflect — digging out an old photo album to size up the effect of time on a hairline or a house — the differences can be profound.

A slow, steady change has come to urban America — to New York City, its suburbs and places all over the country. It has been going on for nearly 50 years, and it is undoubtedly a good thing for society.
January 31, 2012
The End of the Segregated Century

(Republished with permission from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)
January 24, 2012
Bi-Sectoralism V: Beyond Short-termism

We acknowledged when we began our Bi-Sectoralists column that it would be naïve to suggest that politicians and investors should never think short-term. But it's even more unrealistic to accept pervasive short-termism as a given when it is so antithetical to being strategic.
January 19, 2012
Bowles, Simpson Face the Crisis in the Federal Budget

Facts, figures and wise cracks were tossed around the stage in equal measure Wednesday night, but Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson made it clear the federal budget and congressional gridlock are no laughing matters.
January 1, 2012
Why college sports are impervious to reform

If Charles Dickens were writing about big-time college sports in 2011, he would have left it at, "It was the worst of times."

The year began with long-standing concerns about runaway spending, a bowl system that unfairly favors rich conferences and the exploitation of athletes. Then came a string of scandals at high-profile programs, among them Ohio State, North Carolina and Miami. Then the year concluded with shocking allegations of sexual abuse at Penn State and Syracuse.

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