Author: Joel Kotkin

The red states may have lost the presidential election, but they are winning new residents, largely at the expense of their politically successful blue counterparts.

For a century now, Republicans have confused being the party of plutocrats with being the party of prosperity. Thus Mitt Romney. To win back the so-called

Crossposted on Forbes Conservatives of the paranoid stripe flocked to the documentary “America: 2016” during the run up to the election, but you don’t have

Crossposted on New Geography President Obama’s re-election does not, as some conservatives suggest, represent a triumph of socialism. Instead, it marks the massive endorsement of

Crossposted on New Geography Within the handful of swing states, the presidential election will come down to a handful of swing counties: namely the suburban

Crossposted on New Geography Much is said about class warfare in contemporary America, and there’s justifiable anger at the impoverishment of much of the middle

Crossposted on New Geography Victor’s Restaurant, a nondescript coffee shop on a Hollywood side street, seems an odd place to meet for a movement challenging

Crossposted on newgeography President Obama’s recent “do it myself” immigration reform plan,   predictably dissed by conservatives and nativists, reveals just how   clueless the nation’s leaders

Cross post in New Geography When Jerry Brown was elected governor for a third time in 2010, there was widespread hope that he would repair