# Commonplace

A magazine about what matters in America

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## [Making Meritocrats Moral](https://www.commonplace.org/p/yuval-levin-making-meritocrats-moral)

_2026-08-19 · Yuval Levin_

Public education must form a virtuous elite.

## [The School of Self-Rule](https://www.commonplace.org/p/the-school-of-self-rule)

_2026-08-18 · Bruno V. Manno_

Public education must empower the common citizen.

## [Pregnant in Public](https://www.commonplace.org/p/pregnant-in-public)

_2026-08-16 · Theresa Braid_

On Usha Vance and right-coding motherhood.

## [With All Due Respect to the Experts](https://www.commonplace.org/p/oliver-traldi-with-all-due-respect)

_2026-08-13 · Oliver Traldi_

On the difficulty and importance of protecting the public square from the cult of expertise.

## [Slam The USMCA Back Door](https://www.commonplace.org/p/nicholas-phillips-slam-the-usmca)

_2026-08-12 · Nicholas Phillips_

For the trade agreement to survive, it must keep China out of North America.

## [Next Stop on the Krugman Apology Tour](https://www.commonplace.org/p/next-stop-on-the-krugman-apology)

_2026-08-07 · Oren Cass_

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## [Is Kansas Richer than Canada? with Jeff Reimer and Brian Dijkema](https://www.commonplace.org/p/is-kansas-richer-than-canada-with)

_2026-08-07 · Chris Griswold_

Two writers travel to both sides of the border to understand what metrics can’t capture.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210226775/dd702e9c81c2bb521921674a48240a38.mp3)

## [Realignments Are Built After Election Day](https://www.commonplace.org/p/henry-olsen-realignments-are-built)

_2026-08-06 · Henry Olsen_

Primaries don't sell a shift in economic thinking. But learning from Reagan can. By Henry Olsen

## [But Who Monitors the Baby Monitors?](https://www.commonplace.org/p/but-who-monitors-the-baby-monitors)

_2026-08-05 · Oren Cass_

Team Compass on the tragic trend toward toddler-tracking technology.

## [Nothing Left in Europe](https://www.commonplace.org/p/ryan-james-girdusky-nothing-left)

_2026-08-02 · Ryan James Girdusky_

The EU’s rightward turn on immigration could leave American liberals on an island.

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## [Grover Norquist Abdicates His Citizenship, and Cheapens Yours](https://www.commonplace.org/p/grover-norquist-abdicates-his-citizenship)

_2026-07-31 · Oren Cass_

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