Does Gavin Newsom Believe In Anything?
Gavin Newsom’s new podcast reveals not only a media-savvy politico seeking more exposure to a bigger audience. It also reflects a concerted drive by the onetime self-anointed leader of the #Resistance...
View ArticleThe Geography of Generative AI
A couple weeks ago, I purchased a new laptop. The laptop has Microsoft Copilot, the Microsoft AI tool launched in 2023. For kicks I thought I’d try it out. I asked Copilot to provide me with a draft on...
View ArticleIgnore the Bluster — Donald Trump is Not an Imperialist
US president Donald Trump’s MAGA brand of foreign policy has been treated with contempt and consternation by much of the world. He has incited the ire of neoliberal theorists like Francis Fukuyama, as...
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A Pro Family Housing Agenda
There is considerable concern about housing affordability in the United States. Housing is the most expensive element of the cost of living, which makes it an important issue to both households and...
View ArticleBlue States Could Be Biggest Beneficiaries of Trump’s Policies
Donald Trump is unlikely to win a popularity contest or an election in America’s deepest blue states. But, ironically, his administration could prove a long term boon to these places, where...
View ArticleFix the Subways in Hours?
Donald Trump famously said he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, yet the war is still raging more than two months after he took office. In the same way, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy...
View ArticleCalifornia's Population Bump Won't Make Up for Its Long-term Slide
When the U.S. Census Bureau recently revealed a small increase in California’s population, it came as a welcome sign to some that the state was growing again. The data even showed a slightly reduced...
View ArticleCoal Coal Baby
Net zero and decarbonization pledges are a dime a dozen.Earlier this month, the Australian government released an update to its “Net Zero in Government Operations Annual Progress Report.” The 65-page...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline: Part 1
This is the first of two essays on issues facing California.“From the Beginning, California promised much. While yet barely a name on the map, it entered American awareness as a symbol of renewal. It...
View ArticleWays Out of California's Forest of Problems: Part 2
The second of two reported essays on the issues facing California. Read the first installment here.California’s wide range of problems – including declining schools, widening inequality, rising housing...
View ArticleGovernor Targets More Apartment Construction, So of Course Fewer Are Built
On her first day in office, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order calling for the construction of 36,000 new homes per year. She was especially hoping for lots of new apartments because,...
View ArticleIf Carney Brings Canada Closer to Europe, Financial Ruin Would Follow
U.S. President Donald Trump’s mindless, and frankly pointless, comments about Canada becoming the 51st state have stirred up latent Canadian patriotism. But it also may result in Canada, which is...
View ArticleForever 20
If you let the popularity of an idea – no matter how silly - dictate your stance, then you are not a very good elected official.If you completely ignore and shoo-away and disparage overwhelming public...
View ArticleAre the Democrats Drifting Further Left?
The Democrats are at a historic ebb and now is a good time to examine what the party believes in, who its main protagonists are and what their agenda is. Amid the fraught divisions in the party,...
View ArticleBig Business At The (Inflation Reduction Act) Trough
The late economist Milton Friedman famously declared that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”Friedman’s line comes to mind because a lobbying frenzy is underway in Washington,...
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