Housing Reforms are Needed to Stop Stockholm from Stagnation

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New companies face obstacles growing in Stockholm, in part this stagnation is due to the combination of a regulated rental market and too high prices for new housing development.  read more »

The New Manchurian Candidates

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Openness to outsiders is a liberal democracy’s greatest strength, but it can also prove a curse.  read more »

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Thoughts on “The Slumless City”

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Ryan Pucyzki, publisher of the City of Yes Substack newsletter, published an excellent (and timely) article yesterday about New Haven, CT’s attempt to reinvent itself  read more »

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Why God Came Back

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Nearly 60 years ago, Time magazine, then an important publication, posed a discomfiting question on its cover: “Is God Dead?” Yet today, a spiritual hunger grips America  read more »

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Haunted Facades and Fragile Trust: On Michael Vahrenwald’s The People’s Trust

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A few weekends ago, my son and I attended the Institute for Contemporary Photography’s (ICP) annual Photobook Fair in New York City.  read more »

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Climate Cult Fantasy and Duplicity Precede COP30

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Cheeky claims about causes and solutions for an illusory climate crisis must be challenged  read more »

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The Latest On Metro Areas and Educational Attainment

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Back at the beginning of this century, there was a lot of discussion on the rise of the creative or knowledge economy as being at the forefront of future of American economic prosperity.  read more »

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Gavin Newsom's American Dystopia

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‘President Gavin Newsom met today in Carmel, California with the representatives of the “Ten” – a consortium of giant tech and finance firms who control most of America’s business assets.  read more »

August Transit Ridership Falls Below 78% of 2019

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Due to the shutdown of non-essential government services, web sites for the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and other statistical agencies all say that postings of new data will be delayed.  read more »

The Two Americas

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The late Charlie Kirk may have been best known for his conservative politics, but those politics also resonated with traditional values, religious faith, and family life — one side of a critical divide in our society.  read more »