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Is Energy the Last Good Issue for Republicans?

March 6, 2012/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: The Daily Beast With gas prices beginning their summer spike to what could be record highs, President Obama in recent days has gone out of his way to […]

Don’t Bet Against The (Single-Family) House

February 29, 2012/in Demographics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com Nothing more characterizes the current conventional wisdom than the demise of the single-family house. From pundits like Richard Florida to Wall Street investors, the thinking is that […]

President Obama Courts Silicon Valley’s New Digital Aristocracy

February 16, 2012/in California, Politics

Appearing in: The Daily Beast President Obama’s San Francisco fundraiser with the tech elites today, along with the upcoming IPO for Facebook, marks the emergence of a new, potentially dominant […]

Sex, Singles And The Presidency

February 10, 2012/in Demographics, Politics

Appearing in: Forbes.com By all accounts both President Barack Obama and his likely challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are ideal family men, devoted to their spouses and their children. […]

Who Stands The Most To Win – And Lose – From A Second Obama Term

February 2, 2012/in California, Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com As the probability of President Barack Obama’s reelection grows, state and local officials across the country are tallying up the potential ramifications of a second term. For […]

Making Room for the Old and the New Economies

January 31, 2012/in Rural Policy, The Economy

Appearing in: Politico The announcements by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) that they would not run for reelection reflects what may be the last gasps of the […]

Welcome Back, Britain! Why The U.K. Doesn’t Need The E.U.

January 27, 2012/in

Appearing in: Forbes.com To some, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to demur from the new euro rescue plan has made the U.K. irrelevant on the world scene. Yet by […]

The Last Patrician: Romney Falls From Favor as America Loses Faith in Old Money

January 23, 2012/in Politics

Appearing in: The Daily Beast Mitt Romney’s collapse in South Carolina reflects the larger, long-term decline of the American patrician class he represents. That decline was accelerated by the 2008 […]

This Is America’s Moment, If Washington Doesn’t Blow It

January 19, 2012/in Politics, The Economy

Appearing in: Forbes.com The vast majority of Americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, and, according to a 2011 Pew Survey, close to a majority feel that […]

In Keystone XL Rejection, We See Two Americas At War With Each Other