Entries by Joel Kotkin

Babes In Trumpland: The Coming Rise Of The Heartland Cities

Appearing in: Forbes Contrary to the media notion that Donald Trump’s surprising electoral victory represented merely the actions of unwashed “deplorables,” his winning margin was the outcome of rational thinking […]

The Corbynization of the Democratic Party

Appearing in: The Orange County Register The Democratic Party’s current festival of re-examination is both necessary and justified. They have just lost to the most unpopular presidential candidate in recent […]

Five Ideas to Make America Greater

Appearing in: The Orange County Register Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was based on the notion that he could “Make America Great Again.” But beyond the rhetoric — sometimes lurching into […]

California Jumps the Shark

Appearing in: Orange County Register America may have trended toward the GOP, but California seems determined to find its own direction. The only question is, simply, how much more progressive […]

Trumping the Elites

Appearing in: The City Journal She had it all—the pliant media, the tech oligarchs, Wall Street, the property moguls, the academics, and the all-around “smart people.” What Hillary Clinton didn’t […]

Can Working Class, Elite Form Alliance?

Appearing in: Orange County Register Can the party of oligarchy also be the party of the people? Besides fending off the never-ending taint of corruption, which could weaken the extent […]