Here's any idea that will infuriate everyone but might do some good: Let's make 21 the official age of adulthood in America. No buying guns 'til 21. No voting 'til 21. No being charged as an adult 'til 21. No getting drafted 'til 21. Who's in? — Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) May 31, 2022 “Why do we let children buy guns?,” asks Ruth Marcus, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post. “In Uvalde, Buffalo and Parkland, the killings were carried out with guns t

The primary purpose of education isn’t preparation for college, writes Ray Domanico, director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute, in City Journal. It’s preparation for adulthood. NAEP scores, which haven’t improved in a decade, show why most young people will not complete a college degree, he writes. Nationally, 84 percent of high school students graduate, and of those, about 70 percent enroll in a two- or four-year college. But college-completion rates are just 6