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Urbanism, Texas-Style
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The City Journal Cities, noted René Descartes, should provide “an inventory of the possible,” a transformative experience—and a better life—for those who migrate to them. This was certainly […]
Local Govt. Control: The Ignored Campaign Issue
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics In an election cycle full of spittle and bile, arguably the greatest issue — the nature of governance and the role of citizens — has […]
Are Baby Boomers Turning Out to be the Worst Generation?
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register I have seen the best minds of my generation, to steal a phrase from the late Allen Ginsberg, driven to heights of self-absorption, advocating policies […]
Jerry Brown’s Housing Hypocrisy
/in California, Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register Jerry Brown worrying about the California housing crisis is akin to the French policeman played by Claude Rains in “Casablanca” being “shocked, shocked” about gambling […]
The New Culture War Dividing America
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Spiked Online
The stirring speech made by the openly gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland marked a critical change in the nature of the Culture Wars in the US. Rather than boo him…
Welcome To Y’all Street: The Cities Challenging New York For Financial Supremacy
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes
From the earliest days of the Republic, banking and finance has largely been the purview of what one historian calls the “Yankee Empire.” Based largely in New York and Boston, later on financial centers grew along the main route of Yankee migration to Chicago and San Francisco…
California for Whom?
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: Orange County Register
“Old in error,” writes historian Kevin Starr, “California remains an American hope.” Historically, our state has been a beacon to outsiders seeking a main chance: from gold miners and former Confederates to Midwesterners displaced…
Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than the Robber Barons
/in The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Yes, Jay Gould was a bad guy. But at least he helped build societal wealth. Not so our Silicon Valley overlords. And they have our […]
California: The Economics of Delusion
/in California, The EconomyAppearing in: The Orange County Register In Sacramento, and much of the media, California is enjoying a “comeback” that puts a lie to the argument that regulations and high taxes […]
The U.S. Cities Creating The Most White-Collar Jobs, 2016
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes The information sector may have glamour and manufacturing, nostalgia appeal, but the real action in high-wage job growth in the United States is in the vast realm […]