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Blue State Exodus

November 3, 2009/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes.com For the past decade a large coterie of pundits, prognosticators and their media camp followers have insisted that growth in America would be concentrated in places hip […]

GOP Needs Economic Populism

October 30, 2009/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Politico.com You would think, given the massive dissatisfaction with an economy that guarantees mega-bonuses for the rich and continued high unemployment, that the GOP would smell an opportunity. […]

Let Freedom Ring: Democracy and Prosperity are Inextricably Linked

October 27, 2009/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com With autocratic states like China and Russia looking poised for economic recovery, it’s often hard to make the case for ideals such as democracy and rule of […]

Stimulate Yourself!

October 20, 2009/in Rural Policy, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com Beltway politicians and economists can argue themselves silly about the impact of the Obama administration’s stimulus program, but outside the beltway the discussion is largely over. On […]

Our Euro President

October 13, 2009/in Demographics, Politics

Appearing in: Forbes.com Barack Obama’s seemingly inexplicable winning of the Nobel Peace Prize says less about him than about the current mentality of Europe’s leadership class. Lacking any strong, compelling […]

There’s No Place Like Home, Americans are Returning to Localism

October 10, 2009/in Demographics

Appearing in: Newsweek On almost any night of the week, Churchill’s Restaurant is hopping. The 10-year-old hot spot in Rockville Centre, Long Island, is packed with locals drinking beer and […]

Mexico’s Real War: It’s Not Drugs

October 7, 2009/in Demographics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com Balding, affable and passionate, Uranio Adolfo Arrendondo may not be a general or political leader, but he stands on the front lines of a critical battle facing […]

Purple Politics: Is California Moving to the Center?

September 29, 2009/in California, Demographics, Politics

Appearing in: Forbes.com You don’t have to be a genius, or a conservative, to recognize that California’s experiment with ultra-progressive politics has gone terribly wrong. Although much of the country […]

Play It Cool at the G-20, Mr. President

September 22, 2009/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com Barack Obama goes to this week’s Pittsburgh G-20 with what seems the weakest hand of any American president since Gerald Ford. In reality, he has a far […]

California’s Golden Age

September 18, 2009/in California, Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Truthdig.com California may yet be a civilization that is too young to have produced its Thucydides or Edward Gibbon, but if it has, the leading candidate would be […]