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Mass Transit Expansion Goes Off The Rails In Many U.S. Cities

March 19, 2016/in Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes Journalists in older cities like New York, Boston or San Francisco may see the role of rail transit as critical to a functioning modern city. In reality, […]

What Happens When Walmart Dumps You

March 14, 2016/in

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The first knock on Walmart was that it gutted the mom-and-pop businesses of small-town America. So what happens to those towns when Walmart decides to […]

California Valued for Cash, Not Candidates

March 8, 2016/in California, Politics

Appearing in: The Orange County Register California may be the country’s most important and influential state for technology, culture and lifestyle, but has become something of a cipher in terms […]

The Effect Race Could Have on the Race

February 29, 2016/in Politics

Appearing in: The Orange County Register Until now, the presidential campaign largely has been dominated by issues of class, driving the improbable rise of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. […]

America’s Senior Moment: The Most Rapidly Aging Cities

February 22, 2016/in

Appearing in: Forbes In the coming decades, the United States is going to look a lot greyer. By 2050, the number of Americans over 65 will almost double to 81.7 […]

We Now Join the U.S. Class War Already in Progress

February 16, 2016/in

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Neither Trump nor Sanders started the nation’s current class war—the biggest fight over class since the New Deal—but both candidates, as different as they are, […]

The Religious Right is Being Left Behind

February 16, 2016/in Politics

Appearing in: Orange County Register The religious right, once a major power in American politics, is entering an uncomfortable dotage. Although numerous and well-organized enough to push Ted Cruz over […]

This Is Why You Can’t Afford a House

February 9, 2016/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast The rising cost of housing is one of the greatest burdens on the American middle class. So why hasn’t it become a key issue in […]

Millennials Heed the Siren Call of Socialism

February 8, 2016/in

Appearing in: Orange County Register The biggest story this election season is not Donald Trump or the fortunes of the two winners in Iowa, the unattractive tag team of Ted […]

Serfs Up with California’s New Feudalism

February 3, 2016/in California, The Economy

Appearing in: Orange County Register Is California the most conservative state? Now that I have your attention, just how would California qualify as a beacon of conservatism? It depends how […]