California remains deep blue, but the good news from this week’s elections is that it has not yet achieved complete ballot-box unanimity. read more »
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California and Its Contradictions: Rumblings of Realignment Beneath a Solid-Blue Surface
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Texas is Still Texas — For Now
For a generation, Texas has been the stronghold of the Republican Party. Democrats hoped to break its grip this year, but despite media fixation on a new, Democratic Texas, the state is not about to turn blue, as some progressives believe—though a purple future seems plausible. read more »
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Escape from the Working Class
Discussions about policies to help the multiracial American working class majority as a whole typically take a detour into the completely unrelated subject of how to help individuals escape from the working class.
Helping as many individuals escape from working-class occupations as possible is the goal of both the conventional center-left and the conventional center-right. But the proposed escape routes differ. read more »
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America's Center Needs to Make Itself Heard
The intensity surrounding the coming election, the nastiness of the debates and general rhetoric, and the unending protests and rallies and even regattas in support of President Trump paint a picture of a very polarized nation. Our divisions are real—and concerning—but some context is needed. read more »
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Democrats' Energy Dilemma
The biggest challenge facing a putative first-term Joe Biden administration and the Democratic Party may lie with energy policy, where gentry and green wishful thinking confront the daily realities of millions of middle- and working-class Americans. read more »
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Biden's Quote: "We're Not Getting rid of fossil fules for a long time, probably 2050"
Former V.P. Joe Biden’s climate policies and the litigation and regulation grandiloquence are toward the energy industry that was virtually non-existent before 1900. Today, America has only about four percent of the world’s population (330 million vs. 8 billion). read more »
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Trump Finally Slaps Google with Anti-Trust Suit, and Protects Democracy
Sometimes Donald Trump does the right thing, even if it may be for the wrong reasons. His Justice Department’s late-term assault on Google for its monopolistic tyranny over search and digital advertising is precisely what is needed. read more »
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The Coming Post-COVID Global Order
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated economics in the West, but the harshest impacts may yet be felt in the developing world. After decades of improvement in poorer countries, a regression threatens that could usher in, both economically and politically, a neo-feudal future, leaving billions stranded permanently in poverty. If this threat is not addressed, these conditions could threaten not just the world economy, but prospects for democracy worldwide. read more »
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Joe Biden's Tired Old Infrastructure Plan
The infrastructure plan recently released by the Biden campaign is a collection of tired ideas that have consistently failed in the past. Too much of the plan is based on last year’s groupthink and not enough of the plan recognizes the new realities that have emerged from the pandemic. read more »
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Democratic Civil War
The three heads of the Democrat Hydra will soon start biting at each other. read more »
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