Andy Smarick

Local decisions make for better citizens.

Changing the college application process and emphasizing civics education in high school can create university environments where speech controversies are less likely to flare up.

It may be remembered for its short-term savvy and long-term failure to meet expectations.

The pitfalls of weighing Trump’s actions one at a time and hoping thereby to arrive at a judicious assessment.

Three lessons from Hayek that helped a conservative reformer understand that authority should be devolved.

We’re suffering a period of remarkably low labor-force participation. The national unemployment rate was only 4.4 percent in August, but just 62.9 percent of the U.S. population is working or looking for work. Ten years ago, before the recession, the number was 65.8 percent. There are around 7…

We’re suffering a period of remarkably low labor-force participation. The national unemployment rate was only 4.4 percent in August, but just 62.9 percent of the U.S. population is working or looking for work. Ten years ago, before the recession, the number was 65.8 percent. There are around 7…

It's widely accepted that traditional colleges and universities are ripe for some kind of disruption.

In hindsight, much of the coverage of Donald Trump’s candidacy could have run under the same headline: "Unexpected bull poised to enter china shop." But commentators spent virtually all of their energy expounding on the first half of that metaphor. Our campaign ethologists incessantly analyzed the…

In hindsight, much of the coverage of Donald Trump’s candidacy could have run under the same headline: "Unexpected bull poised to enter china shop." But commentators spent virtually all of their energy expounding on the first half of that metaphor. Our campaign ethologists incessantly analyzed the…

As Election Day approached, there was renewed interest in former President George H. W. Bush's magnanimous handwritten 1993 note to his successor, incoming President Bill Clinton. In it, Bush offered Clinton encouragement and wished him great happiness in office, then closed patriotically, "You…

As Election Day approached, there was renewed interest in former President George H. W. Bush’s magnanimous handwritten 1993 note to his successor, incoming President Bill Clinton. In it, Bush offered Clinton encouragement and wished him great happiness in office, then closed patriotically, "You…

For 100 years, from the late 1800s to the late 1900s, nearly every American K-12 public school shared several defining features. Whether you found it in a rural town, a major city, or a sprawling suburb, you could say for certain a number of things about that school. It was run by a government body…

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces No Child Left Behind, unceremoniously ushers Uncle Sam out of a domestic arena like no legislation since welfare reform two decades ago. How in the world did that happen during the hyper-progressive Obama administration?