California, the greening of the blue state

How California Became a Blue-State Role Model

Appearing in: Orange County Register California, once disdained as zany, insubstantial and politically unreliable, has now become a favorite of the blue state crew. From culture and technology to politics, […]

Some Progressives Grow Disillusioned with Democracy

Appearing in: Orange County Register Left-leaning authors often maintain that conservatives “hate democracy,” and, historically, this is somewhat true. “The political Right,” maintains the progressive economist and columnist Paul Krugman, […]

America’s Cities Mirror Baltimore’s Woes

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The rioting that swept Baltimore the past few days, sadly, was no exception, but part of a bigger trend in some of our core cities […]

Daly City, California

Southern California Housing Figures to Get Tighter, Pricier

Appearing in: Orange County Register What kind of urban future is in the offing for Southern California? Well, if you look at both what planners want and current market trends, […]

California Housing Market Divide

By: Bloomberg Advantage With: Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn Joel recently appeared on the Bloomberg Advantage radio show to discuss the California housing market and the implication of the growing […]

Pay Gap by State in U.S.

Calling Out the High-Tech Hypocrites

Appearing in: Real Clear Politics The recent brouhaha over Indiana’s religious freedom law revealed two basic things: the utter stupidity of the Republican Party and the rising power of the […]

Chinatown, San Francisco

Asian Augmentation

Appearing in: Orange County Register California, our beautiful, resource-rich state, has managed to miss both the recent energy boom and the renaissance of American manufacturing. Hollywood is gradually surrendering its […]

Can Singapore Thrive After Lee Kuan Yew?

Appearing in: The Daily Beast On Sunday, Singapore cremates its greatest leader, the late Lee Kuan Yew, architect of its good fortunes. Yet the flames also could extinguish the era […]

California for the "Non-elite"

California Should Make Regular People More of a Priority

Appearing in: Orange County Register California in 1970 was the American Dream writ large. Its economy was diversified, from aerospace and tech to agriculture, construction and manufacturing, and allowed for […]

Asian American population in U.S.

The Evolving Geography of Asian America: Suburbs Are New High-Tech Chinatowns

Appearing in: Forbes In the coming decades, no ethnic group may have more of an economic impact on the local level in the U.S. than Asian-Americans. Asia is now the largest […]