Published Articles
A portfolio of published articles by Chris Bullivant
DESERET NEWS
Entire neighborhoods exist where children have no role models of what a thriving marriage looks like
NATIONAL REVIEW
A plan for reviving the American experiment and cooling down our white-hot national politics
DESERET NEWS
Cultural elites seem to be coming to their senses about the importance of family, faith and community.
THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
Any solution to America’s besetting social problems must begin at the neighborhood level.
THE EMIGRE
An injured Chris Bullivant reviews Silo, Foundation, Mary Poppins, Invasion, Annie, The Batman, Wonder Woman 1984, and Batman.
EARLY MATTERS PODCAST
Chris Bullivant talks with Dr. Katharine B. Stevens about the role of early childhood in building social capital.
PUBLIC DISCOURSE
Social capital has been studied for decades now. But one area that deserves more focus from policymakers is the early years.
I had landed from LAX, started temping at BBC Worldwide, when I received an email asking me to interview for a job at Soul Survivor
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Fixing America’s youth mental health crisis may mean taking a look at how we do 0-3s, a review of attachment theory
SOCIAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
The Early Years - Youth Investment
SOCIAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
A Civil Society - Celebrating Diversity of Opinion
THE EMIGRE
Three fixes to save Season 2 of The Rings of Power
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
If investors want to see diversity on boards, they should back companies that boost social capital
EL AMERICAN
I have been a frequent visitor to the United States since the year 2000: a country with an enormous scale of wealth, a dependence upon the car, and a confusing relationship with Hispanics.
DESERET NEWS
A ‘marriage divide’ has opened up in America, but there are policies that can help to bridge it
USA TODAY
Discussions about racial discrepancies and socioeconomic disparities are missing the key factor: family stability
SOCIAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Exploring America’s social capital divide between the wealthy and the working class.
THE EMIGRE
A perfect storm of an aging population, robots taking jobs, and a Social Security system facing collapse, America will find itself in a tough place in just 20 years time.
THE EMIGRE
Sat in an abandoned mall filled with the National Guard and Boomer nurses was dystopian. But the aggressive activism of the local coffee shop is worse.
THE EMIGRE
Are the bonds of friendship formed with strangers in Latin America over a language app real or imagined? Chris Bullivant reflects on socializing online through COVID.
THE EMIGRE
The idea of maintaining privilege as a form of duty has all the appearance of a scam. The game, it seems, is well and truly up.
THE EMIGRE
The United States was founded amongst heated squabbling and bitter conflict. Even the breeziest walk through the highlight reel of American history shows that there is nothing new to polarization.
THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
A recent report identified that America is far less polarized than we think. The report showed that partisan differences are not held with the level of hostility they are perceived to be.
FREE MARKET CONSERVATIVES
But the market for improved agricultural technology is massive. Much of it lies in emerging economies across Africa and South East Asia. Countries like Uganda and Bangladesh are keen for the UK to take a lead in pioneering new technologies.
FREE MARKET CONSERVATIVES
I emerged from my self-isolation last week to find some groceries, when I stumbled across the queue for Sainsbury’s stretching for two blocks down a central London street. I returned home with nothing.
FREE MARKET CONSERVATIVES
Civilization has emerged from a primordial brutish soup. Prosperity and technological innovation has afforded the growth of populations and legal rights. Yet it is these very technologies that we now want to reject.
FREE MARKET CONSERVATIVES
The fact that it took me 40 years to come across something even half useful after a lifetime of British education means that we are letting our children down
CONSERVATIVE HOME
Neither public sector reform nor freedom to eat a high salt pot noodle are a big enough vision to appeal to those left behind by London’s prosperity
CITY A.M.
Monolithic TV is over. As a model, it cannot survive and shouldn’t be supported by a tax enforced with the threat of prison.
CAPX
Organic farming is a smart marketing niche that has seduced many of us in the West who wish to be environmentally conscious.
UNHERD
There are only 32 harvests left before the world’s population hits 10 billion in 2050. Between then and now, farmers around the world need to increase production by 70%.
THE WEEK
The rise of social media has polarised society by herding us into self-reinforcing echo chambers. That’s the conventional wisdom these days, say Chris Bullivant. But it’s not true.
UNHERD
Polarised views, diametrically opposed and vehemently held, have always lived side by side in society. But in the past, we lived largely in blissful ignorance of them.
UNHERD
This month, an 18-year-old Iraqi refugee, who had been living in the UK for three years, took a homemade bomb onto the London Underground.
UNHERD
Does Jacindamania and Corbynmania suggest a global swing to the Left? Or is Jacindamania part of a pattern of voter volatility?
UNHERD
There is a small building on the side of the railway tracks on my commute. A sad bungalow masked by signs in bright primary colors. It is a daycare facility.
I WRITE WHAT I LIKE
The resulting exposé is an accurate, empathetic, portrayal of a very regular feature of British life