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Prescription for an Ailing California

January 31, 2013/in California, Politics

Appearing in: Orange County Register Only a fool, or perhaps a politician or media pundit, would say California is not in trouble, despite some modest recent improvements in employment and […]

The New Power Class Who Will Profit From Obama’s Second Term

January 18, 2013/in

When President Obama takes the oath of office for the second time, he will also usher in a new era in American power politics. Whereas the old left-wing definition of […]

California’s Demographic Dilemma

January 14, 2013/in California, Demographics

Appearing in: Orange County Register It’s been nearly 20 years since California Gov. Pete Wilson won re-election by tying his campaign to the anti-illegal immigrant measure Proposition 187. Ads featuring […]

The New Places Where America’s Tech Future Is Taking Shape

January 10, 2013/in The Economy, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes.com Technology is reshaping our economic geography, but there’s disagreement as to how. Much of the media and pundits like Richard Florida assert that the tech revolution is […]

Demography as Destiny: The Vital American Family

December 31, 2012/in Demographics, Politics, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Reuters Recent reports of America’s sagging birthrate ‑ the lowest since the 1920s, by some measures ‑ have sparked a much-needed debate about the future of the American […]

Is America’s Future Progressive?

December 27, 2012/in Demographics, Politics, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes.com Progressives may be a lot less religious than conservatives, but these days they have reason to think that Providence– or Gaia — has taken on a bluish […]

America’s Baby Boom And Baby Bust Cities

December 21, 2012/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

Appearing in: Forbes.com At this most familial time of the year, as recent events make us hold our children even closer, we might want to consider what kinds of environments […]

Aging America: The Cities That Are Graying The Fastest

December 14, 2012/in Demographics, Urban Affairs

Notwithstanding plastic surgery, health improvements and other modern biological enhancements, we are all getting older, and the country is too. Today roughly 18.5% of the U.S. population is over 60, […]

Obama’s Energy Dilemma: Back Energy-Fueled Growth or Please Green Lobby

December 7, 2012/in

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Talk all you want about the fiscal cliff, but more important still will be how the Obama administration deals with a potential growth-inducing energy boom. […]

The Blue-State Suicide Pact

December 5, 2012/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com With their enthusiastic backing of President Obama and the Democratic Party on Election Day, the bluest parts of America may have embraced a program utterly at odds […]