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How The South Will Rise To Power Again
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing 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
/in California, PoliticsAppearing 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
/in California, DemographicsAppearing 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
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing 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
/in Demographics, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing 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?
/in Demographics, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing 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
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing 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
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsNotwithstanding 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
/in Demographics, PoliticsBy: 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
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing 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 […]