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California has a forest of problems, but there's a way out.

Ways Out of California’s Forest of Problems: Part 2

April 5, 2025/in California, Politics

This is the second of two reported essays on the issues facing California. Read the first installment here. California’s wide range of problems – including declining schools, widening inequality, rising […]

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Now leaving California

Climate Change Is Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline: Part 1

April 4, 2025/in California, Politics

For all its strengths, California has the nation’s second-highest rate of unemployment with lagging job growth, particularly in comparison to its neighboring states.

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The EU fury over Trump's tariffs ignores China's increasing trade dominance

The EU’s Fury at Trump’s Tariffs Is Hypocritical Insanity

April 2, 2025/in Politics

Instead of hitting out at Trump’s tariffs, the EU and its media allies should focus on Beijing’s attempt to take over world trade.

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California's population remains in a long slide even with a recent upward bump.

California’s Population Bump Won’t Make Up for Its Long-term Slide

April 2, 2025/in California, Demographics

When the U.S. Census Bureau recently revealed a small increase in California’s population, it came as a welcome sign to some that the state was growing again. The data even […]

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California Governor Newsom walks President Donald Trump to Marine One.

Blue States Could Be Biggest Beneficiaries of Trump’s Policies

March 31, 2025/in California, Politics

Donald Trump is unlikely to win a popularity contest or an election in America’s deepest blue states. But, ironically, his administration could prove a long term boon to these places, […]

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Ignore the Bluster — Donald Trump is Not an Imperialist

March 28, 2025/in Urban Affairs

Donald Trump is a phenomenon borne of concern about American decline; he’s no colossus ready to conquer the known world.

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Does Gavin Newsom believe in anything, or can he be expected to morph into whatever best serves his ambitions?

Does Gavin Newsom Believe In Anything?

March 26, 2025/in California, Politics

Gavin Newsom’s new podcast reveals not only a media-savvy politico seeking more exposure to a bigger audience. It also reflects a concerted drive by the onetime self-anointed leader of the […]

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California Housing Shortage

How Federal Lands Can Be Used to Ease the Housing Crisis

March 17, 2025/in Politics

Congress should update its land-use laws, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, to authorize federal leases for housing development, subject to standard public health and environmental protections.

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Southern L.A. cities are making a comeback with good governance, and collaboration between city government, its constituents, businesses, and schools.

In Southern L.A., These Cities Are Making a Comeback

March 13, 2025/in California

Like many older industrial towns, Paramount, a mostly Latino city of 50,000 located 18 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has been through hard times.

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Despite Trump's imbecilic suggestion that Canada should become the 51st state, ultimately Canada needs good relations with the U.S.

Liberals Riding Anti-Americanism to Re-election Would Be Tragic

March 11, 2025/in Politics, The Economy

U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbecilic and unnecessary suggestion that Canada should become the 51st state has led some of my own family members — on my wife’s side, who are […]

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