A New Rideshare Model
Alto is a rideshare company that was founded in Dallas and so far is also operating in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington. The company differs from traditional rideshare...
View ArticleSupreme Distraction
As evidence piles up indicating that President Biden’s family is at the center of a massive international bribery scheme, the mainstream media has been obsessed with documenting the alleged personal...
View ArticleMothers, Electrified
When I met Rehena Jamadar, she was 44 years old. A soft-spoken, elegant woman, she had her first child, a girl, when she was 16. Two other children, a boy, and a girl, came shortly afterward.Rehena...
View ArticleTory Autocracy
Over the past century, and even before, conservative political movements thrived by challenging the Left’s appeal to the working and middle class. Virtually all the successful movements on the...
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Observations on U.S. New Towns
In the middle of the 20th century, there was considerable interest in developing new communities (new towns). The interest was, to some degree, driven by the establishment of new towns in nations like...
View ArticleDoes Manufacturing Matter? A Tale of Four Cities
Following is an excerpt from Michael Lind's new book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America.Does manufacturing matter in a twenty-first century economy? A newspaper columnist...
View ArticleNurturing California Industries - Report
California has the opportunity to maintain and grow industries that can provide future jobs to middle class citizens and make the state more competitive. Below is an excerpt from this newly released...
View ArticleCities Aren't Dying But They Do Face Challenges
You’ve probably seen photos or videos of huge homeless encampments in America’s cities, like the ones in this Daily Mail article about Portland.You’ve probably seen footage of brazen shoplifting in San...
View ArticleWomen have won the 'war between the sexes,' but at what cost?
The war between the sexes has ended, and rather than a co-operative future that could benefit all, it has turned out to be more like a lopsided win for the female side. After millennia of power...
View ArticleCalifornia Will Be Exploiting Developing Countries to Achieve EV Truck Goals
We all know by now that the California Air Resources Board has banned the sale of traditional combustion trucks – that run of diesel – by 2036 in the state. California now requires fully electric truck...
View ArticleThe Governor's Gambit
Many conservatives may see Gavin Newsom as the epitome of the progressive Left, with some even calling his policies “communist.” But the policy preferences of the California governor (whose...
View ArticleBy Failing to Promote Safety, America’s Older Cities are Failing to Build...
It seems that a day hardly goes by without another incident of violence making the national news. From school shootings to aggressive protests from extreme groups and endless petty crime in general,...
View ArticleCan California Be Saved?
Some conservatives regard California as a lost cause, its economy and society doomed to decline. Yet despite its awful regulatory regime, the state retains its natural bounty and an edge in many key...
View ArticleWe Can't Address Affordability By Building More Apartments
One of the (many) furphies that gets aired (frequently) in discussions around housing affordability is that we can build ourselves out of the problem by building a lot more high–density housing units...
View ArticleChina Syndrome
Two years ago, about 40 environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, 350 Action, Earthworks, Sunrise Movement, and Union of Concerned Scientists, signed a letter urging Congress and the Biden...
View ArticleCities of the West: An American Success Story
America’s western cities are booming. The major metropolitan areas of the West—defined as the vast region west of the 98th parallel and east of the Cascade and California Coast Ranges—have far...
View ArticleDemographic Dividend: Which Countries Are Next?
The population of India will have surpassed that of China by the end of this year, with each country counting 1.43 to 1.45 billion people. This milestone has led several observers to wonder whether the...
View ArticleThe Once Lucky Country: Can It Be Again?
An introduction to this newly released report on demographics and economic mobility in Australia, prepared in collaboration with the Institute of Public Affairs, is excerpted below with a link to the...
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Population Falls in 18 States
Between 2021 and 2022, the populations of California, Illinois, and New York all declined by more than 100,000 people, according to estimates released a few weeks ago by the Census Bureau. Louisiana,...
View ArticleWhy Africa is Turning Its Back on the Eco-obsessed West
The Western democracies appear united in their support for Ukraine, but they may also be losing the bigger, more consequential battle for the loyalties of the developing world. Virtually no developing...
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