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Collapse of home ownership rates is killing the middle class.

The Death of the Family Home is Killing the American Middle Class

May 29, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Once renowned for widespread homeownership, the Anglosphere countries are reverting to a feudal past where land is owned by few, killing the middle class lifestyle.

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to a large gathering of 'the faithful'

Will the Faithful Inherit the Earth?

May 27, 2025/in Religion

The rise of little-known Robert Prevost to his new status as Pope Leo XIV comes amid a profoundly unwoke recovery of religious feeling in the West. After generations of decline, Christianity is making a comeback.

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California's high-speed railway is a railway to nowhere for the forseeable future.

California’s $100BN Railway to Nowhere Exposes the Cost of Democratic Incompetence

May 24, 2025/in California

California’s long-delayed, over-budget high-speed rail project — intended to connect LA and San Francisco — is effectively a railway to nowhere

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The Green Movement in the U.S. and elsewhere is increasingly being co-opted by China.

How China Co-opted the Green Movement

May 22, 2025/in Politics

Rising empires require collaborators to expand their influence and win over adversaries. In this respect, China and other anti-Western regimes increasingly count on green activists, investors, and media to advance […]

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Cities won't "die", but they're losing their appeal as people relocate to the periphery.

Why Cities Have Lost Their Appeal

May 17, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Cities have lost their appeal in favor of suburbs and exurbs as economic life and most families shift to their periphery.

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Blue states are losing people to the Sun-belt and Rust-belt states due to unaffordable housing.

Blue State Housing Crisis is Costing Democrats Voters

May 16, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Amid the talk about tariffs and other Trumpian foibles, little attention has been paid to America’s festering housing crisis. This could prove a more lasting political issue in the US, […]

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Will the working class continue to ally with Donald Trump?

Donald Trump has Scrambled the Old Class Allegiances

May 15, 2025/in Urban Affairs

US president Donald Trump has disrupted the nature of class politics. In a reversal of long-standing allegiances, working-class Americans – including many minorities – have shifted towards the MAGA right.

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Is Chinese influence leaving California exposed economically?

Chinese Influence is Leaving California Dangerously Exposed

May 13, 2025/in California, Politics

Recent revelations that the University of California received massive donations from organisations linked to China’s Communist Party — including a $220 million investment in Berkeley’s joint research project with Tsinghua […]

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The changing politics of the oligarchy is shifting support from Democrats to the populist Republicans.

The Changing Politics of Oligarchy

May 10, 2025/in Politics

In American politics, the main beneficiaries of “dark money” have in recent years tended to be Democrats. This may be starting to change, as a number of powerful Silicon Valley billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have shifted their money to the populist Republican Party.

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Bad news for American doomers, because the nation's strength lies with its people rather than its elected leaders.

Bad News for American Doomers

May 8, 2025/in Urban Affairs

It’s once more springtime for America doomers, those who believe the United States will soon lose its global top-dog status. Much of this is in reaction to the poorly considered ramblings of President Trump.

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