Brian Anderson
@BrianAcity
Editor of City Journal, publication of the Manhattan Institute. Opinions my own.
Iran has heavily invested in sleeper cells, proxy networks, and clandestine operatives abroad. @SantiVidalC and I outline Washington's options to counter this threat in our latest @CityJournal article. Read more below:
Trump needs to act before the Iranian regime succeeds in striking Americans on U.S. soil. That means tightening immigration enforcement, securing the border, exposing Iranian influence operations, and fortifying likely targets, @SantiVidalC and @MAhrensdorf write.
One of the keys to Houston’s success is a respect for old-school practices over trendy fads When I interviewed Superintendent Miles for @CityJournal, he stood by Direct Instruction, a proven teaching method for at-risk students that many teachers dismiss as “authoritarian”
Nearly everyone has given up on urban K-12 reform. Politicians no longer talk about it. There's but one city, Houston, attempting wholesale reform and early results are incredibly promising. Cities from across the US are starting to pay attention. In 2023, after years of falling…
Outstanding news from the White House. President Trump’s new executive order aggressively shifts federal homelessness policy toward treatment, civil commitment, and law enforcement crackdowns—ditching harm reduction in favor of public safety and institutionalization.
Great reporting from Ryan Thorpe and Rufo. DEI corruption took root in so much of the corporate world post-George Floyd, in this case, it seems, at Marathon Petroleum. It is now under fire—and retreating.
Marathon Petroleum is one of America’s largest crude oil refiners. In 2021, MP removed a key safety metric from its annual employee bonus programs, while introducing a new DEI metric. The new DEI metric: racial hiring quotas. My latest in @CityJournal with @realchrisrufo.
My latest for @CityJournal investigates Arizona’s sudden shutdown of a girls’ residential treatment program. Despite no substantiated abuse and strong parent support, the state revoked its license in response to a media-driven panic fueled by Paris Hilton’s activist army.
With Yale closing its pediatric gender clinic, this is a good time to read about the @YaleMed doctor who has become one of the most prominent advocates for these controversial procedures.
At the @ManhattanInst, we’re always glad to work with leaders from across the spectrum—which is why we welcomed Brad Lander to our office during his mayoral campaign to talk policy, and were pleased to hear him cite our ideas positively from the debate stage just last month.
How you know you were a good Comptroller! (Thanks to the Manhattan Institute for the affirmation) Also, stay tuned for our FY26 pension fund returns, coming soon.
Ilan Wurman on the blizzard of lower court injunctions against Trump policies and how they could trigger a constitutional crisis
Three features of modern injunctions make them especially problematic—particularly in their use against the Trump administration—and risk triggering a constitutional crisis, @ilan_wurman writes.
Wonderful
Miles’ trumpet floats, Ron Carter’s bass grounds it—‘Autumn Leaves’ never sounded so rich and alive…
New Yorkers will be able to use many Soviet jokes. Like when the furious guy leaves the long bread line to go shoot Brezhnev but comes back because the line to do that is even longer.
For all the Zohran fans, let’s check in on how the city-funded grocery store experiment is going in Kansas City… Maybe capitalism isn’t the boogeyman you think it is.
“Mind-Numbing” Scoop Evidence of hacking that may involve "President Obama emails" and compromise of US government systems hidden in Northern Virginia FBI office, according to new letter to @FBIDirectorKash @ChuckGrassley @RepRickCrawford write, “This material (must) be…
Chris Rufo’s (positive) influence over issues of fundamental importance to the American future continues…
When they asked me how to define “woke,” I said there’s only one person to call: Chris Rufo. And now it’s law: the federal government will not be buying WokeAI.
I need to get this book
If you've ever wondered where Abbot Kinney's Venice canals were, you can still experience them by walking over their entombed pathways. This route is a reader fave from my "10,000 Steps a Day in LA" book and includes an extension into the existing canals (built by Moses Sherman).
The president of George Mason University says that public universities should select leaders on the basis of "racial diversity," rather than merit, and that his job is to promote "the five pillars of social justice," rather than to pursue the truth. He should resign.
A brief 🧵 on the new report released by @DNIGabbard today, which conclusively blows up core Russiagate myths: racket.news/p/in-brutal-do…
AI is the birthright of the country that harnessed the atom and put a man on the moon. With today’s AI Action Plan, the Trump Administration has written the source code for the next American century. Palantir is proud to support it. ai.gov/action-plan
We've lost a giant in Ed. Truly one of @PepperdineSPP's "founding fathers," he served as our inaugural Board chair for over a decade, remaining an engaged Board member until his passing. The master builder of the American conservative movement, Ed's incredible legacy will be be…
The School of Public Policy mourns the loss of Ed Feulner, a monumental figure in the conservative movement and a dear friend to @pepperdine. We thank you for your leadership and enduring impact! bit.ly/4nYdQC3
Thinking about this again in light of the WH AI action plan. It's going to be a huge L if Democrats negatively polarize into the anti-AI/AI safety party. Also I give it greater than even odds of happening.
Even among American political consultants there is a massive gap in LLM usage between Democrats and Republicans. theaapc.org/wp-content/upl…
Our society was torn in two by the deliberate lie that Trump was a Russian agent & his supporters, by extension, Putin patsies, fools, traitors. This lie was amplified by the media into a years-long chainsaw roar by media, from news to comedy shows to the NYT. Out with them.