Indian Americans Are Finding Their Political Voice

Ramaswamy reflects the remarkable, and largely unnoticed, ascendancy of the Indian American community not only in politics but also in technology, business, and education.

Richard Bilkszto, image from social media

Richard Bilkszto Won’t Be the Last Victim of the Diversity-Industrial Complex

Bilkszto ran into the buzz saw of an ever expanding “diversity-industrial complex” that, though it harasses some, also provides high wage employment to a generation of college graduates.

A new middle class rebellion is gaining steam

Class, Nation, and the Future

While important, cultural issues are not the main concerns of most Americans. Instead, as Gallup surveys reveal, the more critical issues for most remain jobs, housing, and the economy.

Debating Gavin Newsom Will Boost Ron DeSantis

A potential face-off on Fox TV between Florida’s Ron DeSantis and California’s Gavin Newsom may not remind anyone of Lincoln versus Douglas, or even Kennedy and Nixon.

Empty downtown areas persist as economic activity moves to the periphery in emerging new cities

Save Our Cities

To save our cities, it’s time to create better neighborhoods where people will want to spend their time — instead of building ever bigger high-rise office buildings.

Sam Altman speaks at a tech conference about artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence is the Crack Cocaine of the Digital Age

AI may become the crack cocaine of the digital age, offering the highs of facility and speed to the masses without giving most of us anything good.

Globalism fail

Why Globalism Failed

Not so long ago, the West was captivated by visions of the ‘end of history’. Francis Fukuyama, Thomas Friedman, Kenichi Ohmae and others envisaged the permanent triumph of a global […]

Does technology and AI spell the rise of an age of anti-humanism?

Woe, the Humanity: How AI Fits into Rising Anti-Humanism

by Joel Kotkin and Samuel J. Abrams — The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving little place for human creativity or employment.

Concentrated wealth is killing capitalism — which has always been about aspiration and opportunity

The New Corporatism That’s Killing Capitalism

As economic power and wealth becomes ever more concentrated in fewer hands, the emerging economy is not likely to be either especially egalitarian or liberal.