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Californians have shaped national politics, and with the elevation of Kamala Harris, may continue that trend.

The Californication of the Democratic Party

August 22, 2024/in California, Politics

Over the past few weeks, however, lunchbucket Joe from Scranton has been unceremoniously dumped by the Golden State elite — Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, George Clooney and a passel of […]

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Boomers left the economy in tatters after they enjoyed decades of prosperity

Boomers Have Left the Economy in Tatters, Driving Youth to the Right

August 20, 2024/in Urban Affairs

Boomers rode an unprecedented wave of prosperity and higher living standards, younger Canadians, particularly those under 30, are now more pessimistic about the future than older generations.

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Democratic policies need to promote upward mobility for the working- and middle-class.

What Happened to My Party?

August 17, 2024/in Politics

In the past, Democrats were a party that appealed to “the little people” like factory hands, small shopkeepers, yeoman farmers, skilled mechanics, and artisans. Democrats from Kennedy to Clinton focused on private sector growth as a means to achieve upward mobility for middle- and working-class Americans.

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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz representing the U.S. Democratic Party

America is Turning Into the EU

August 15, 2024/in Politics

Europe may be fading from global relevance, but its influence is expanding within the US Democratic Party. Today, the party’s core beliefs echo those espoused by the European Union.

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The current ascendance of left-wing anti-Semitism does not mean that right-wing anti-Semitism has disappeared; this right-wing neo-nazi rally in Washington, D.C. is evidence of the continuation of right-wing anti-Semitism.

Right-Wing Anti-Semitism Still Haunts the West

August 7, 2024/in Urban Affairs

In a post-7 October world, many have finally woken up to the reality that the locus of anti-Semitic sentiment now resides on the left. This is the case virtually everywhere […]

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Suburban amenities in Irvine, California

Downtowns Don’t Matter Anymore

August 5, 2024/in Urban Affairs

Compared to many downtowns, Austin has done well, but downtowns don’t matter anymore. Almost all of the growth — in population, employment, and infrastructure — is on the periphery, in suburbs.

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Millennials and Gen Z protest unaffordable housing.

The Puzzle of Generational Politics

August 2, 2024/in Demographics

The younger cohorts inhabit a world in which the Boomer generation hoards wealth and power. In the U.S., fewer than 50 percent of millennials are doing better than their parents’ generation.

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Kamala Harris inauguration as California Attorney General

Kamala Harris’s California Record Will Haunt Her

July 29, 2024/in California, Politics

The bigger problem, though, will be when the Harris campaign has to defend her efforts, in both California and the Senate, on open borders, race quotas, banning fracking, wiping out parental rights and the use of fossil fuels.

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Fourth of July barbecue for military and veteran families, Thursday, July 4, 2024, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

This is the End of the Democratic Party as We Knew It

July 27, 2024/in Politics

The end of Joe Biden’s presidency also signals the demise of the old Democratic Party, with its roots in liberal ideals and advocacy for ‘the common man’.

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Political protest of left-wing in Washington, DC

Biden Democrats All Too Happy to Dismiss Political Violence of the Left

July 25, 2024/in Politics

In the U.S., political divides are sharper. This can be seen by the attempts on both sides to blame the assassination attempt on the rhetoric of the other side.

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