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President Joe Biden hosting Taoiseach of Ireland, Leo Varadkar

Rescuing Ireland Won’t Save Biden

April 19, 2023/in Politics

The key challenge for Biden and the Democrats lies not in promoting his leadership profile, but in distancing the party from the divisive agenda associated with progressive politics.

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Shanghai, China

China Wants to Vassalize the West — Trudeau and Biden Want to Let It

April 17, 2023/in Politics

Throughout history, more powerful nations have preyed on smaller ones, as is now being demonstrated by Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Yet for those outside Europe, China’s economic power makes it a far more formidable threat to democracy than neo-tsarist Russia.

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Future of Cities: Evolution of New York City Politics

The Future of Cities: The Evolution of New York City Politics

April 14, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

It’s always been a mug’s fame to bet against New York City, which was counted out only to quickly bounce back after 9/11 and again in 2008 after the financial system nearly collapsed.

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Noks Kitchen in Westminter epitomizes California's ongoing restaurant revolution

Restaurant Revolution

April 13, 2023/in California, The Economy

California’s continuing restaurant revolution demonstrates the durability of the California dream – nowhere more alive than in the state’s innovative food culture.

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Depopulation is already visible in labor shortages across almost all the high-income world

The Depopulation Bomb

April 11, 2023/in Demographics, Politics

Today, the spectre haunting the global order is seemingly relentless demographic decline. We can already see its consequences in everything from the fight over pensions in France to the persistent labor shortages across almost all the high-income world.

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Future of Cities: Texas Triangle

The Future of Cities: The Texas Triangle

April 7, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

The metropolitan areas that form the “Texas Triangle” —Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio— are emerging as distinctive models of 21st century urbanism.

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The race-centered state policies of the Jim Crow era are typified by segregated drinking fountains shown in this image.

Race and State

April 5, 2023/in Demographics, Politics

The emerging racial state promises no real progress for most minorities while deepening ethnic divides and undermining the basis for democratic self-rule.

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Future of Cities Series: Indianapolis

The Future of Cities: Indianapolis

April 1, 2023/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

Indianapolis was an unlikely candidate to emerge as a midwestern demographic and economic leader. It is an artificially created city, chosen by fiat as a centrally located capital for Indiana.

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Working Class graffitiPaul Farmer, republished under CC 2.0 License

We Are On the Cusp of a Democrat Class War

April 1, 2023/in Politics

The recent sparring between Starbucks’s longtime CEO Howard Schultz and Senator Bernie Sanders reflects a class war within the Democratic Party that is likely to get far more intense.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapse may hurt Biden

The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Will Hurt Joe Biden

March 25, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

The rescue of Silicon Valley Bank and its large depositors has drawn together unlikely bedfellows — on the left and the right.

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