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The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast American greatness was long premised on the common assumption was that each generation would do better than previous one. That is being undermined for the […]
Death Spiral Demographics: The Countries Shrinking the Fastest
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes For most of recent history, the world has worried about the curse of overpopulation. But in many countries, the problem may soon be too few people, and […]
The Immigration Dilemma
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Orange County Register In often needlessly harsh ways, President Donald Trump is forcing Americans to face issues that have been festering for decades, but effectively swept under […]
Kevin Starr, Chronicler of the California Dream
/in CaliforniaAppearing in: The Orange County Register
In a way now rare and almost archaic, Kevin Starr, who died last week at age 76, believed in the possibilities of California…
Loyal Opposition Versus Resistance to Trump
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Orange County Register
Perhaps nothing has made modern progressivism look sillier than the often hysterical reaction to the election of Donald Trump.
California as Alt-America
/in CaliforniaAppearing in: Real Clear Politics
In 1949 the historian Carey McWilliams defined California as the “the Great Exception” — a place so different from the rest of America as to seem almost a separate country.
The Irony That Could Trip Up Trump’s Quest To Make The U.S. Economy ‘Great Again’
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Forbes
Perhaps no president in recent history has more pressure on him to perform economic miracles than Donald Trump.
California’s Racial Politics Harming Minorities
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register
Across the country, white voters placed Donald Trump in office by a margin of 21 points over Clinton. Their backing helped the GOP gain control of a vast swath of local offices nationwide.
Obama’s Not so Glorious Legacy
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Regiser
Like a child star who reached his peak at age 15, Barack Obama could never fulfill the inflated expectations that accompanied his election.
How Post-Familialism Will Shape the New Asia
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes
Surprisingly, the modern focal point for postfamilial urbanism comes from eastern Asia, where family traditionally exercised a powerful, even dominant influence over society.