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Gentry Liberals Own the Democratic Party Feb. 09, 2018
Amid the brouhahas about the Nunes memo and immigration, an item from Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago B... Read More
The Chase for Amazon Will End in Tears Oct. 08, 2017
The mayors doing their utmost to get Amazon's second headquarters for their cities are having a gran... Read More
Elite Cities Should Share the Wealth (and Crowding) With Others Sep. 14, 2017
As Seattle ascended into the club of superstar American cities, its housing became expensive and its... Read More
Micro Housing Apr. 12, 2017
Many millennials show an affinity for living close to their place of employment, and recreating, exe... Read More
Lower Conduct Standards for Liberals Feb. 01, 2017
One can only imagine the widespread media, political and intellectual condemnation of Republicans an... Read More
The Streets Cannot Be a Home Jun. 28, 2016
The homeless can be scary people. They may block sidewalks, curse passers-by and aggressively demand... Read More
The Cure for Expensive Cities Is Moving Vans May. 24, 2016
A funny thing didn't happen on the way to the digital revolution. It failed to empty out the citie... Read More
No Safe Space to Shoot Up Apr. 10, 2016
Larry Campbell, a former cop and former mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, was appalled as he cam... Read More
Stadium Bonds Jan. 13, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Several years ago, I bought $25,000 of the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority bond... Read More
A Tale of Two Terrors: Paris and New York Nov. 19, 2015
Like most people, I'm thinking of the terrorist trauma in Paris, though with a somewhat different pe... Read More
Cities Losing People, Not Brains Oct. 29, 2015
The population of New Orleans fell 7.3 percent after Hurricane Katrina, but guess what. NOLA now has... Read More
Seeking Sanctuary Sanity in US Senate Jul. 23, 2015
July 1 was one of those evenings when you feel blessed to be in San Francisco, especially if you are... Read More
Of Course Democrats Deserve the Blame for What's Happening in Baltimore May. 01, 2015
If a person happens to point out that Baltimore's criminally inept government has been run exclusive... Read More
More Is Not Merrier in Our Congested Cities Apr. 09, 2015
New York and San Francisco are expensive places to live. That's a big problem for the nation because... Read More
Take a Hike and Hike Your Health Aug. 15, 2014
Q: Chuck, you've always been seen by me as a guy who walks the walk. I try to walk whenever and wher... Read More
Hipsters Have Children, Too Mar. 13, 2014
Disapproving of white urban liberals can be a career for right-leaning sociologists. A decade or two... Read More
Who Belongs Downtown? Mar. 06, 2014
Many American cities now enjoy an amazing reversal of fortune. Once hollowed-out shells mainly for t... Read More
Rugrats
Dec. 23, 2013
Blacks and Politics Sep. 01, 2011
At one of last month's Congressional Black Caucus-sponsored "job fairs," Rep. Andre Carson... Read More
