America’s Demographic Future

Appearing in: The Cato Journal Perhaps nothing has more defined America and its promise than immigration. In the future, immigration and the consequent development of what Walt Whitman (1855: iv) […]

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Making Room for the Old and the New Economies

Appearing in: Politico The announcements by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) that they would not run for reelection reflects what may be the last gasps of the […]

The Last Patrician: Romney Falls From Favor as America Loses Faith in Old Money

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Mitt Romney’s collapse in South Carolina reflects the larger, long-term decline of the American patrician class he represents. That decline was accelerated by the 2008 […]

This Is America’s Moment, If Washington Doesn’t Blow It

Appearing in: Forbes.com The vast majority of Americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, and, according to a 2011 Pew Survey, close to a majority feel that […]

In Keystone XL Rejection, We See Two Americas At War With Each Other

Appearing in: Forbes.com America has two basic economies, and the division increasingly defines its politics. One, concentrated on the coasts and in college towns, focuses on the business of images, […]

Martin Luther King, Economic Equality And The 2012 Election

Appearing in: Forbes.com In the last years of his life Dr. Martin Luther King expanded his focus from political and civil rights to include economic justice. Noting that the majority […]

The New Authoritarianism

Appearing in: The City Journal “I refuse to take ‘No’ for an answer,” said President Obama this week as he claimed new powers for himself in making recess appointments while […]

The Sun Belt’s Migration Comeback

Along with the oft-pronounced, desperately wished for death of the suburbs, no demographic narrative thrills the mainstream news media more than the decline of the Sun Belt, the country’s southern […]

Heavy Metal Is Back: The Best Cities For Industrial Manufacturing

Appearing in: Forbes.com For a generation American manufacturing has been widely seen as a “declining sport.” Yet its demise has been largely overplayed. Despite the many jobs this sector has […]

Illinois: State Of Embarrassment

Appearing in: Forbes.com Most critics of Barack Obama’s desultory performance the past three years trace it to his supposedly leftist ideology, lack of experience and even his personality quirks. But […]