Shepard Barbash is former bureau chief in Mexico City for the Houston Chronicle and the author of three books about Mexico, including Changing Dreams.

Theodore Dalrymple is a contributing editor of City Journal, the Dietrich Weismann Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of many books, including Out into the Beautiful World and Grief and Other Stories.

Stephen Eide is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

Nicole Gelinas is a City Journal contributing editor, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington.

Edward L. Glaeser is a professor of economics at Harvard University, a City Journal contributing editor, and the author of Triumph of the City.

Howard Husock is vice president for research and publications at the Manhattan Institute and a City Journal contributing editor. He is writing a book on the history of social services in America.

Kay S. Hymowitz is a City Journal contributing editor, the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys.

Andrew Klavan is a novelist and City Journal contributing editor. His podcast is featured Monday through Thursday at the DailyWire.com.

Joel Kotkin is the presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Center for Opportunity Urbanism. His latest book is The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us.

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of the bestselling books The Diversity Delusion and The War on Cops.

Myron Magnet, City Journal’s Editor-at-Large, is a National Humanities Medal laureate. Encounter Books will publish his Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution in May.

Steven Malanga is the senior editor of City Journal, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer.

Troy Senik is vice president for policy and programs at the Manhattan Institute. He served as a White House speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

Harry Stein is a contributing editor of City Journal and the author of No Matter What . . . They’ll Call This Book Racist and the comic novel Will Tripp, Pissed-Off Attorney-at-Law.

John Tierney is a contributing editor of City Journal and a contributing science columnist for the New York Times.

Warren Treadgold, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies and professor of history at Saint Louis University, is the author of The University We Need.

Soundings:

Seth Barron is associate editor of City Journal and project director of the NYC Initiative at the Manhattan Institute. Michael Hendrix is director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute. Guy Sorman, a City Journal contributing editor, is the author of many books, including Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis. Karl Zinsmeister is the author of The Almanac of American Philanthropy, the charter school survey From Promising to Proven, and other books. He wrote on the intersection between religion, culture, and philanthropy in the Winter 2019 issue of Philanthropy.

Artists:

Ellen McKnight is a New York–based photographer specializing in travel, nature, and New York cityscapes. She has an extensive portfolio of Central Park images taken throughout the seasons. For more info, visit www.ellenmcknight.com. Alberto Mena is a graphic designer in New York. 

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