Appearing in: The Daily Beast In his classic 1893 essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” historian Frederick Jackson Turner spoke of “the expansive character of American life.” […]
Appearing in: Forbes Despite some hype and a few regional exceptions, the construction of office towers and suburban office parks has not made a significant resurgence in the current recovery. […]
Appearing in: Orange County Register In this strange era of self-congratulation in California, it may be seen as poor manners to point out tectonic shifts that could leave the state […]
Appearing in: Orange County Register Historically, progressives were seen as partisans for the people, eager to help the working and middle classes achieve upward mobility even at expense of the […]
Appearing in: Forbes Perhaps nothing is as critical to America’s future as the trajectory of the middle class and improving the prospects for upward mobility. With middle-class incomes stagnant or […]
Appearing in: Forbes Perhaps no urban legend has played as long and loudly as the notion that “empty nesters” are abandoning their dull lives in the suburbs for the excitement […]
Appearing in: Orange County Register Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived […]
Appearing in: Forbes With Twitter’s high-profile IPO, the media and much of the pundit class are revisiting one of their favorite themes: the superiority of the brash, young urban tech […]
Appearing in: The Orange County Register Much has been written and spoken about the deep divide between “red” and “blue” America, but the real chasm increasingly is between Washington and […]
Appearing in: The Daily Beast Much has been written and spoken about the deep divide between “red” and “blue” America, but the real chasm increasingly is between Washington and the […]
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