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Outmigration of conservatives is driving a golden state realignment further left.

A Golden State Realignment?

July 18, 2024/in California, Demographics

In the past, those who flocked to the Golden State brought diverse political views but today, outmigration tends to be a more conservative cohort, resulting in progressive dominance.

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Canadians celebrate Canada Day, watching a parade.

Truths From a ‘Settler Colony’ That Needs to Embrace a United Future

July 12, 2024/in Demographics, Politics

Canadians are schooled to believe that their country is essentially a “settler” colony, whose very existence largely echoes the racist European past.

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President Biden visits a NREL facility in Colorado.

The Democrats’ Civil War Has Begun

July 6, 2024/in Politics

Let the great Democratic civil war begin. The impending demise of Joe Biden and the patched-together coalition he represents is threatening to accelerate the intra-party conflicts his presidency was meant to assuage.

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Are Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom likely successors to President Joe Biden?

Biden’s California Successors Would Be Terrible for America

July 3, 2024/in California, Politics

Two Californians, Governor Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris, are widely seen as the most likely successors to doddering President Joe Biden.

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Voters cast their ballots in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Election: An Old Picture Changes

June 26, 2024/in Demographics, Politics

For much of modern American history, the support enjoyed by the two main political parties has hewed to a particular ethnic pattern. Today that picture is shattering as economic changes are shifting political alliances.

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The first launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket on January 6, 2018 from Kennedy Space Center.Daniel Oberhaus, used under CC 4.0 License

The Space Race Gets Serious

June 24, 2024/in Politics

We are shifting from the early era of space exploration to a more serious phase extending ever further from Earth’s orbit, focused on key opportunities such as mining and manufacturing as well as military purposes.

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1950s family in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The Road to Neo-Feudalism

June 21, 2024/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

In a growing number of places, the aspiration of home ownership is being systematically undermined with grave implications for liberal democracy, the economy, and even fertility.

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The news media increasingly seeks to indoctrinate rather than to inform. Facade of Washington Post.

The Media’s Great Awokening is Alienating the Masses

June 19, 2024/in Urban Affairs

The media’s great awokening has resulted in news media – television, print, magazines and online blogs – that now serves increasingly as ideological provocateurs to indoctrinate rather than to inform.

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Extinction Rebellion — a climate protest.

The Green Road to Tyranny

June 17, 2024/in Politics, Urban Affairs

The current green agenda is a political loser, and can only be imposed by tyranny — without respect for democratic principles and basic human aspirations.

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California's growing economic inequality is a warning to the world.

How California Became a Warning to the World

June 14, 2024/in Urban Affairs

For generations, California has led the world in creating cutting-edge ideas and opportunities for newcomers. But today it should be a warning, as it pioneers an almost feudal society.

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