Zohran Mamdani may represent the future of New York, but only by destroying the secrets of its past success. The city, even under the quasi-socialist mayor Fiorello La Guardia, has from its Dutch days been a fundamentally capitalist enterprise. read more »
Demographics
Under Zphran Mamdani, the Jewish Exodus from New York is Likely to Accelerate
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Beware the New Eugenics
Visionaries, dreamers, and autocrats have long dreamt of reshaping humanity to their preferred model. read more »
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What's the Matter with Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is reeling once again from urban disturbances, as it did in 1965, 1992 and 2020. After each outbreak the city is widely seen as a hopeless disaster read more »
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Cities and Economic Pivots
Here’s something I think about a lot. I believe in that Shakespearean phrase “what’s past is prologue”, meaning that past events serve as a good indicator of what the future may hold. read more »
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LA Riots Reflect Failure of Progressive Leadership
Los Angeles has a long, combustible history — and it’s flaring up again. The current unrest, driven in part by political grievances read more »
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Musk Outbursts Reveal a Deeper Rift in MAGA
The deepening split between Elon Musk and the Trump administration speaks to broader divisions within an increasingly shell-shocked GOP. Musk, who left the White House only last week, has since denounced Donald Trump’s hodgepodge budget bill – the so-called Big Beautiful Bill – as a ‘disgusting abomination’, as it will add almost $4 trillion to the federal deficit. read more »
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Where Have All the Jews Gone?
The killing of two young Israeli embassy staffers, allegedly by a college-educated, left-wing activist earlier this month, provided yet more evidence – if any were needed – of the perilous situation in which Western Jews now find themselves. read more »
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A Case For The Great Lakes Region As America’s 12th Regional Culture
I love the book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard. In it, he outlines the regional cultures of America read more »
Donald Trump has Scrambled the Old Class Allegiances
US president Donald Trump has disrupted the nature of class politics. In a reversal of long-standing allegiances, working-class Americans – including many minorities – have shifted towards the MAGA right. Meanwhile, the well-educated, the corporate elites and the government-dependent have generally veered leftwards. read more »
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Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2025 Edition Released
This annual report assesses housing affordability in 95 major markets across eight nations (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the, United States). read more »
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