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The Cities Creating the Most Tech Jobs in 2017
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsA growing tech industry is often considered the ultimate sign of a healthy local economy. By that measure, the Bay Area still stands at the top of the heap in the United States, but our survey of the metropolitan areas with the strongest tech job growth turns up some surprising places not usually thought of as tech meccas.
How the Democrats Can Rebuild
/in Politics, The EconomyTo win consistently in the near term, and compete in red states, Democrats need to adjust the cultural and racial agenda dominating the “resistance” to one that addresses directly the challenges faced by working- and middle-class families of all races.
Is L.A. Back? Don’t Buy the Hype
/in California, PoliticsWith two football teams moving to Los Angeles, a host of towers rising in a resurgent downtown and an upcoming IPO for L.A.’s signature start-up, Snapchat parent Snap Inc., one can make a credible case that the city that defined growth for a half century is back.
The True Legacy of Gov. Jerry Brown
/in California, PoliticsThe cracks in the 50-year-old Oroville Dam, and the massive spillage and massive evacuations that followed, shed light on the true legacy of Jerry Brown. The governor, most recently in Newsweek, has cast himself as both the Subcomandante Zero of the anti-Trump resistance and…
Neo-Stalinists Versus the Sons of Anarchy
/in PoliticsIn America today, it also seems increasingly impossible to separate personal life from the political. In awards shows, sports broadcasts and fashion runways — which once provided escapes from politics — we find endless protests…
Decentralize Government to Resolve Country’s Divisions
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAmerica is increasingly a nation haunted by fears of looming dictatorship. Whether under President Barack Obama’s “pen and phone” rule, or…Read more
The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast American greatness was long premised on the common assumption was that each generation would do better than previous one. That is being undermined for the […]
Death Spiral Demographics: The Countries Shrinking the Fastest
/in DemographicsAppearing in: Forbes For most of recent history, the world has worried about the curse of overpopulation. But in many countries, the problem may soon be too few people, and […]
The Immigration Dilemma
/in PoliticsAppearing in: The Orange County Register In often needlessly harsh ways, President Donald Trump is forcing Americans to face issues that have been festering for decades, but effectively swept under […]
Kevin Starr, Chronicler of the California Dream
/in CaliforniaAppearing in: The Orange County Register
In a way now rare and almost archaic, Kevin Starr, who died last week at age 76, believed in the possibilities of California…