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Steve Hilton’s Rise Won’t Kill California ProgressivismJune 3, 2026 - 11:40 am
The Anti-AI Backlash is Building Against Tech Oligarchs Playing GodJune 1, 2026 - 11:40 am
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America Has An Oedipus Complex
/in PoliticsAs in Sophocles’s tragedy Oedipus Rex, we are witnessing a generational drama in which inheritors kill their proverbial father to marry marry their mother, in this case Mother Earth. The psychology behind this pattern is above my pay grade, but many of the richest people on the planet, and their heirs, now seem anxious to disparage the economic system that created their fortunes.
Why Losing the Midterms Would Be Good for the GOP
/in PoliticsLosing the midterms would be good for the GOP, provided it helps the party embrace a more moderate, pragmatic political agenda that is better aligned with the views of the majority of Americans.
The Unexpected Future
/in Demographicsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in profound and unpredictable ways.
Irvine: A National Role Model
/in California, Urban AffairsIrvine provides a solution for transportation, energy and diversity issues bedeviling the country. The master-planned city represents the modern version of a 19th-century garden city – a largely self-contained and environmentally sustainable community.
The Democrats’ New Climate Bill Abandons Green Zealotry
/in PoliticsThe Democrats’ new climate bill represents a promising shift away from the hysteria over the “climate catastrophe” and toward more reasonable and effective policies.
Why Suburbia Will Decide the Future
/in Demographics, PoliticsAs the U.S. population increasingly moves to suburbia, these shifts in population are rewriting the present and future political map.
The Biggest Threat to the CHIPS Act? The Green Left
/in Politics, The EconomyThe biggest threat to America’s reindustrialization, subsidized by the recently passed CHIPS act, comes not from “free market” supporters, but from the green left.
Free Trade’s Heavy Cost
/in The EconomyFree-trade’s cost to the American economy has been heavy job losses in the manufacturing jobs that historically supported middle-class families, even as it has benefited consumers and tech shareholders.
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities
/in Politics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger — Global policy and politics, particularly in the high-income world, have green dreams for energy and the economy; inflationary realities are hitting the working class and denizens of developing countries.
Google: Whatever Happened to ‘Don’t Be Evil’?
/in California, The EconomyThe founders of Google founders once proclaimed their motto as ‘Don’t be evil’, but dropped that motto in 2018 to chase bigger profits and an even higher stock price. Google and the other Big Tech firms are now oligarchs and monopolists, exerting undue influence on the market and on politics.