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I’d Like to Believe California Can Be Saved from the LeftJune 8, 2026 - 11:45 am
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McIntyre In The Morning Interviews Joel Kotkin on California Transit
/in California, In the NewsJoel Kotkin interviewed on KABC. Joel discusses how California transit policy is or is not working — and whether or not our approach to transportation policy makes sense.
California’s Coming Youth Deficit
/in California, Demographicsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Images of California, particularly the southern coast, are embedded with those associated with youthfulness. In reality, the state is falling behind in growth of its youthful population…
Will Donald Trump Expose America’s Great Mass Transit Hoax?
/in Politics, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Whatever you think of President Trump, his claims about the lousy condition of America’s basic infrastructure are widely accepted. His call for a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan may be his last best bet for finding bipartisan support.
Forget the Urban Stereotypes: What Millennial America Really Looks Like
/in Demographics, The Economyby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox —
Millennials are almost universally portrayed as aspiring urbanistas, waiting to move into the nation’s expensive core cities. Yet, since 2010 nearly 80% of population growth for people ages 25-34 has occurred in the suburbs and exurbs.
State Governments Are Oppressive, Too
/in California, PoliticsHistorically, the battle over the size and scale of government has been focused largely on “states’ rights.” This federalist notion also has been associated with many shameful things, such as slavery, Jim Crow laws and other abuses of personal freedom.
What’s the Future of Beleaguered Fossil Fuels?
/in California, Politics, The EconomyPerhaps no economic issue — even trade — is as divisive as the energy industry. Once a standard driver of economic progress, the conventional energy industry has become increasingly vilified by the national media…
Why the Greens Lost and Trump Won
/in Politics, The EconomyWhen President Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accords, embraced coal, and stacked his administration from people from fossil-fuel producing states, the environmental movement reacted with near-apocalyptic fear and fury.
High-Flying California Charts Its Own Path — Is A Cliff Ahead?
/in California, The EconomyAs its economy bounced back from the Great Recession, California emerged as a progressive role model, yet the state’s once remarkably varied and vital economy has become dangerously dependent on the Bay Area tech boom.
Is California Anti-family?
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyIn its race against rapidly aging Europe and East Asia, America’s relatively vibrant nurseries have provided some welcome demographic dynamism. Yet, in recent years, notably since the Great Recession and the weak recovery that followed, America’s birthrate has continued to drop, and is now at a record low.
Can California Survive a Tech Bust?
/in California, The EconomyCalifornia’s economic revival may prove to be far more vulnerable than its boosters imagine, with the tech slowdown — especially the notable slowdown in startup formation.