False Fact Fixed

Ron Coleman examines how America’s institutions can squander inherited trust, competence, capital, and reputation through the fallacy of abundance.

America spends more on healthcare than almost any other country, yet the question of what medical care actually costs is often surprisingly difficult to answer. For economist Professor Sean Flynn, that is not a minor inconvenience. It is at the center of the American healthcare problem. In an interview about his book The Cure That […]

What happens when a society loses the institutions and habits that teach young people responsibility, restraint, and connection? That question sits at the center of Heather Mac Donald’s discussion of social capital, youth disorder, parenting, policing, and the changing cultural expectations surrounding race and public behavior. In her City Journal article The Scourge of Teen […]

Seth Barron’s Weaponized argues that America’s deepest political battle is taking place inside the institutions that shape everyday life. From citizenship and policing to education and housing, Barron examines how he believes cherished American ideals have been redefined, captured, and turned against the citizens they were intended to serve.

Scott Johnston's The Sandersons Fail Manhattan takes aim at elite private schools, DEI culture, meritocracy, and the wealthy trustees who remain silent while institutions change around them.

John Hawkins argues that personal responsibility, resilience, useful skills, and financial discipline—not endless protection or blame—are the foundations of a capable adult life. Modern life is safer, wealthier, and more comfortable in many ways than the world previous generations experienced. Yet comfort can create an unexpected problem: people may become less confident in their ability […]

Stanton Peele has spent more than five decades challenging the idea that addiction is best understood as a permanent brain disease. His alternative is not a denial of drugs, biology, trauma, or suffering—but a model that puts human behavior, relationships, purpose, responsibility, and the possibility of change at the center of recovery. What If Addiction […]

Percy Menzies challenges the dominance of methadone-based treatment and argues that addiction medicine should give greater consideration to naltrexone, patient autonomy, outpatient care and recovery beyond long-term medication dependence.

Can AI Smell Disease Before Symptoms Appear? What if disease leaves a biological signature before a patient develops obvious symptoms—and artificial intelligence could learn to recognize it? That question sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, biology, and medical diagnosis. In his conversation with Randy Bock, NYU professor and artificial intelligence researcher Vasant […]

Disability benefits can provide essential stability after a mental health crisis. Matthew McWade explains how the same support can become difficult to leave—and why meaningful work, purpose, and risk can reopen the path to independence.