• Millions of bureaucrats exercise important political powers while never having to run for election, and voters can only wield democratic accountability over them through presidential elections every four years.
• On average, the federal bureaucracy’s dismissal process takes 170 to 370 days, and most years, less than 0.2% of the federal bureaucracy is let go from their positions.
• Since managers cannot easily terminate federal employees for failing to deliver on work targets, the work-from-home arrangement adopted by many agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic further insulates employees from accountability.

By: Inez Feltscher Stepman

• In the military, lethality—the capability and capacity to destroy—determines the likelihood of success.
• The link between men, masculinity, and combat effectiveness, particularly in terms of aggression and lethality, is not just a historical observation but a psychological and physiological one.
• Controlled aggression is an essential trait for battlefield success, with psychological studies of combat performance demonstrating that when aggression is properly channeled, it enhances a soldier’s ability to engage decisively with the enemy. This trait, often more pronounced in men, provides a strategic advantage crucial for mission success in hostile environments.

By: Meaghan Mobbs

• There’s almost no pay gap for single childless women, but the wage gap begins to widen around age 25, likely due to choices about family roles.
• Fewer mothers than fathers say they would rather work full time than part time.
• Overwhelmingly, men work in the most dangerous jobs and those jobs generally pay higher wages.

By: Patrice Onwuka

• • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
  • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.
  • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield

• • Though the U.S. public education system spends nearly $19,000 on each student, 77% of students graduate without proficiency, as averaged across academic subjects. 
  • On a global scale, 15-year-old students in the U.S. placed 9th in reading, 16th in science, and 34th in math.
  • Teachers unions leverage their political power to maintain the public school monopoly, working to prevent the advancement of school choice. In exchange for campaign funding, teachers unions are rewarded political power. 

By: Dr. Keri D. Ingraham