How The South Will Rise To Power Again

Appearing in: Forbes.com The common media view of the South is as a regressive region, full of overweight, prejudiced, exploited and undereducated numbskulls . This meme was perfectly captured in […]

Prescription for an Ailing California

Appearing in: Orange County Register Only a fool, or perhaps a politician or media pundit, would say California is not in trouble, despite some modest recent improvements in employment and […]

California’s Demographic Dilemma

Appearing in: Orange County Register It’s been nearly 20 years since California Gov. Pete Wilson won re-election by tying his campaign to the anti-illegal immigrant measure Proposition 187. Ads featuring […]

The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape

Appearing in: Forbes.com Technology is reshaping our economic geography, but there’s disagreement as to how. Much of the media and pundits like Richard Florida assert that the tech revolution is […]

Demography as Destiny: The Vital American Family

Appearing in: Reuters Recent reports of America’s sagging birthrate ‑ the lowest since the 1920s, by some measures ‑ have sparked a much-needed debate about the future of the American […]

Is America’s Future Progressive?

Appearing in: Forbes.com Progressives may be a lot less religious than conservatives, but these days they have reason to think that Providence– or Gaia — has taken on a bluish […]

America’s Baby Boom And Baby Bust Cities

Appearing in: Forbes.com At this most familial time of the year, as recent events make us hold our children even closer, we might want to consider what kinds of environments […]

Aging America: The Cities That Are Graying The Fastest

Notwithstanding plastic surgery, health improvements and other modern biological enhancements, we are all getting older, and the country is too. Today roughly 18.5% of the U.S. population is over 60, […]

Listen to Joel on KABC Los Angeles

By: Doug McIntyre In: KABC Radio Los Angeles Joel recently talked with Doug McIntyre on KABC radio in Los Angeles about his recent piece: The Blue State Suicide Pact. Click […]

The Blue-State Suicide Pact

Appearing in: Forbes.com With their enthusiastic backing of President Obama and the Democratic Party on Election Day, the bluest parts of America may have embraced a program utterly at odds […]