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Are Progressives to Blame for the Worsening Housing Crisis?

June 12, 2024/in Urban Affairs

Progressive policies that seek to limit development in already urbanised areas and promote urban density contribute to the worsening housing crisis.

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Libertarians Can Stay Relevant by Defending the Middle Class

June 10, 2024/in Politics

Today the ibertarians are the odd man out in U.S. politics. They could be more relevant by dropping dogmatic theory and standing up for free-market pragmatism.

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Red state demographic gains reveal shifting political allegiances.

Republicans are Posing a Growing Threat in Blue States

June 6, 2024/in Demographics, Politics

The Republican surge in deep blue places reveals a great deal about shifting political allegiances, and the deep blue bastions now lag behind the red states in economic growth.

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America's infrastructure is aging, crumbling, and increasingly in need of repair.

Why Johnny Can’t Build

June 4, 2024/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

We were once a nation of builders—from the toll roads and canals of the early nineteenth century and the railroads of the second half of that busy century, to the construction of power, energy, and water systems that were the envy of the world.

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Progressive Biden is losing support from middle-class & working-class Democrats

Progressive Biden a Threat to His Own Party

May 31, 2024/in Urban Affairs

Biden’s support among Democrats is eroding as he leans progressive instead of focusing on inflation, the border, crime, and national security.

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A music student at Seton Education Partners, which runs 21 schools in New York, California, and Cincinnati that reflect Catholic values but operate independently of the Catholic Church.

Faith and the City

May 29, 2024/in Religion, Urban Affairs

Throughout the long history of cities, religion has played a central, even dominant, role, providing education, charity, and moral ballast in places where social chaos often flourishes.

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Cultural differences aligned with geography have become a significant political divide in America

Progressive Geography’s Intellectual Dead End

May 24, 2024/in Demographics, Politics, Rural Policy

The widening gap between the cognitive elites concentrated in big cities and the rest of the country is a deepening political divide.

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Trudeau, Biden Paying Political Price as the West Turns Against Immigration

May 22, 2024/in Demographics, Politics

Immigration creates opportunities, but voters are increasingly against mass immigration of people without language and education skills required for advanced Western economies.

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Trump MAGA sychophants won't help him win the election

If Trump Wants to Win the Election He Must Reject MAGA Sycophants

May 20, 2024/in Politics

The wannabe Trump vice-presidents have made a sad spectacle of themselves, genuflecting in support for their morally deficient leader in what has to be one of the least edifying trials in history.

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Protestors wave signs and the flag of Israel.

Jews Cannot Afford to Be Divided Over Israel

May 16, 2024/in Politics, Religion

Today, solidarity among Jews could hardly be more necessary, but the community is increasingly defined by two extremes: the pro-Zionist zealots and progressive Jews (some of whom have become useful idiots for Hamas and its allies).

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