Talking Left, Walking Right

Throwing recent rank punditry onto the back burner, Jonah speaks with his AEI colleague and UVA Professor Brad Wilcox, whose memory for statistics crashed over us in a refreshing wave of sheer competency. Tune in for a discussion of marriage, the concept of “family diversity,” and the three things Brad would do if he suddenly became Czar of America. Show Notes: -Brad’s page at AEI  -Nicholas Christakis’ most recent book  -Kevin E. Stuart on his baseball studies  -Most NBA players grew up in a two-parent household  -Brad Wilcox on elites not preaching what they practice  -Ross Douthat on, among other things, liberalism’s method of undercutting the married-parent household  -Some of Brad’s work on marriage vs. cohabitation  -The Disparate Effects of Family Structure