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How California Became a Blue-State Role Model
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register California, once disdained as zany, insubstantial and politically unreliable, has now become a favorite of the blue state crew. From culture and technology to politics, […]
Some Progressives Grow Disillusioned with Democracy
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register Left-leaning authors often maintain that conservatives “hate democracy,” and, historically, this is somewhat true. “The political Right,” maintains the progressive economist and columnist Paul Krugman, […]
America’s Cities Mirror Baltimore’s Woes
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast The rioting that swept Baltimore the past few days, sadly, was no exception, but part of a bigger trend in some of our core cities […]
Southern California Housing Figures to Get Tighter, Pricier
/in California, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register What kind of urban future is in the offing for Southern California? Well, if you look at both what planners want and current market trends, […]
California Housing Market Divide
/in California, In the NewsBy: Bloomberg Advantage With: Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn Joel recently appeared on the Bloomberg Advantage radio show to discuss the California housing market and the implication of the growing […]
Calling Out the High-Tech Hypocrites
/in California, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: Real Clear Politics The recent brouhaha over Indiana’s religious freedom law revealed two basic things: the utter stupidity of the Republican Party and the rising power of the […]
Asian Augmentation
/in California, DemographicsAppearing in: Orange County Register California, our beautiful, resource-rich state, has managed to miss both the recent energy boom and the renaissance of American manufacturing. Hollywood is gradually surrendering its […]
Can Singapore Thrive After Lee Kuan Yew?
/in Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast On Sunday, Singapore cremates its greatest leader, the late Lee Kuan Yew, architect of its good fortunes. Yet the flames also could extinguish the era […]
California Should Make Regular People More of a Priority
/in California, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register California in 1970 was the American Dream writ large. Its economy was diversified, from aerospace and tech to agriculture, construction and manufacturing, and allowed for […]
The Evolving Geography of Asian America: Suburbs Are New High-Tech Chinatowns
/in California, DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes In the coming decades, no ethnic group may have more of an economic impact on the local level in the U.S. than Asian-Americans. Asia is now the largest […]