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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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The Anti-AI Backlash is Building Against Tech Oligarchs Playing GodJune 1, 2026 - 11:40 am
California’s Reactionary Housing Policy Burns Millennials
/in CaliforniaThe Golden State’s soaring home prices—exacerbated by NIMBY zoning restrictions, development plans that prioritize “density,” and arbitrary environmental rules—are exacting a catastrophic social and economic toll on the rising generation of young people looking to start families and lay down roots.
California Squashes Its Young
/in California, Demographicsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox —
In this era of anti-Trump resistance, many progressives see California as a model of enlightenment. The Golden State’s post-2010 recovery has won plaudits in the progressive press but…
California’s War on the Emerging Generation
/in California, Demographics, The EconomyIt should be the obligation of older citizens to try to improve the prospects for their successors. But, here in California, we seem to have adopted an agenda designed to make things tougher…
The Arrogance of Blue America
/in Demographics, Politics, Rural Policy, Urban AffairsIn the wake of the Trumpocalypse, many in the deepest blue cores have turned on those parts of America that supported the president’s election, developing oikophobia—an irrational fear of their fellow citizens.
One tax change that should be made — and certainly won’t be
/in Politics, The Economyby George F. Will —
Attempting comprehensive tax reform is like trying to tug many bones from the clamped jaws of many mastiffs. Every provision of the code — now approaching 4 million words — was put there to placate a clamorous faction, or to create a grateful group…
The Politics of Migration: From Blue to Red
/in Demographics, Politics, The Economy, Urban Affairsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox —
Democratic “blue” state attitudes may dominate the national media, but they can’t yet tell people where to live, which is increasingly in “red” states.
California’s Tribal Politics
/in CaliforniaRather than a functioning democracy, California has become a one-party state dominated by a series of tribes whose special priorities are sacrosanct, however much they might hurt the rest of us…
Leaving California? After Slowing, the Trend Intensifies
/in California, Demographicsby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Given its iconic hold on the American imagination, the idea that more Americans are leaving California than coming breaches our own sense of uniqueness and promise.
To Reunite America, Liberate Cities to Govern Themselves
/in Politics, The EconomyBy Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida — Even setting aside the dysfunction of our national government, the fact is that no top-down, one-size-fits-all set of policies can address the very different conditions that prevail among communities.
The Other California: a Flyover State Within a State
/in California, Demographics, Politics, Rural PolicyCalifornia may never secede, or divide into different states, but it has effectively split into entities that could not be more different.