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LA tourism is in steep decline, but the city has already been losing record numbers of residents for the past five years.

LA Failures Are Killing Its Tourism Industry

October 7, 2025/in California

For much of the past century, Los Angeles has been a magnet for migrants seeking a better life and tourists eager to see Hollywood up close. Yet the picture now […]

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When the masses don't benefit in a strong economy the stage is set for illiberalism.

The Masses and the Market

October 4, 2025/in Politics

Western liberalism is in decline, challenged by rising authoritarianism on the Right and the Left. Since January 2025, Trumpism is generally perceived as the greater threat by American liberals

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As banks snap up housing, they're driving up prices for would be homeowners.

How Blackstone Killed the Homeowner

October 1, 2025/in The Economy

Zombie foreclosures. They sound like the dullest disaster movie ever — but, in fact, represent the grim reality for a rising number of Americans. The theory is simple. First, giant […]

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China hopes to replace America as the global rule-maker, particularly in Africa. In this photo: Cyril Pamaphosa meets with Xi Jingping.

China’s Scramble for Africa

September 29, 2025/in Politics

The West is about to get its comeuppance – if it does not wake up. The balance of the world economy is shifting decisively to what was once seen as […]

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Mass immigration can be disruptive to communities as they struggle to assimilate new arrivals.

Mass Immigration Creating a New Anti-western Underclass

September 26, 2025/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban Affairs

The “anti-colonial” Left wants Western societies to atone for their “original sins”. From its historical role in slavery, imperialism and the extirpation of native peoples to class oppression, progressives argue […]

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Fascism threats come from left of center, not just right of center.

Yes, Fascism is a Threat, But It’s Coming From the Left

September 24, 2025/in Politics, Urban Affairs

Fascism is in the air, on television and print. We read about American progressive celebrities and academics fleeing to other countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada to exercise […]

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Jews are not united in culture, religion, or politics — much less in a global conspiracy of control.

The Jews’ Coming Civil War

September 22, 2025/in Politics, Religion

Whether right or left, Muslim or Christian, anti-Semites speak of Jews as people who pull the strings in culture, politics and especially finance. They assume we are all united in […]

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Immigrants become U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony

Why Immigration Can’t Revive the Economy

September 19, 2025/in Demographics, The Economy

Boosting immigration would seem a no-brainer to address the West’s ongoing demographic implosion and revive its stagnating economies. Even Japan now recruits foreign temporary workers for its rapidly aging economy. […]

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Gavin Newsom political ambitionGage Skidmore, used under CC 2.0 License

Gavin Newsom Trashed California. Worse, He’s Getting Away With It.

September 17, 2025/in California, Politics

For the past half century, California has been the driving force in American technology, culture and political development. After all, it was Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan who led the […]

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Revival: Americans Heading Back to Hinterlands

September 15, 2025/in Demographics, Rural Policy, The Economy

The famous New Yorker magazine cover showing much of civilization ending at the Hudson River, save for Chicago, D.C., and then the West Coast, had more than a grain of […]

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