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Can California stop Big Tech from decamping to cheaper places?

by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — For the past half-century, California has dominated America’s tech industry, but now faces big tech moving to cheaper spots.
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How religion has been disrupted by the pandemic

God and the Pandemic

During this most miserable of years, religion, like virtually every major social institution, has been profoundly disrupted by the pandemic.
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California increasingly feudal state

Peak Progressive?

In the minds of most progressives, as well as some horrified conservatives, California is the harbinger of America’s future. Its former broad-based economy is now mostly driven by "high tech" - and tech is leaving.
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