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Tom Wolfe’s California
In the Golden State, the great writer first chronicled the social changes that would transform America.
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Myron Magnet
The Americanness of the American Revolution
Why the Founders succeeded
Alberto Alesina
The Kindest Cuts
Shrinking spending reduces deficits without harming the economy—unlike tax hikes.
Victor Davis Hanson
California, Here We Stay
Reasons not to flee an imploding state
Joel Kotkin
The Third Coast
From Brownsville to Tampa Bay, an economic powerhouse emerges.
Claire Berlinski
Who Is Fethullah Gülen?
Controversial Muslim preacher, feared Turkish intriguer—and “inspirer” of the largest charter school network in America
Coming Soon
Nicole Gelinas
The Port Authority’s Cloudy Future
The transportation agency has mortgaged itself to the hilt to rebuild the World Trade Center, leaving few resources for its real mission.
Steven Malanga
Airfields of Dreams
If you build it, they won’t come.
Michael Knox Beran
Abolish Social Studies
Born a century ago, the pseudo-discipline has outlived its uselessness.
Michael J. Totten
The Children of Hannibal
The rich heritage of Tunisia, maybe the only place where the Arab Spring stands a chance
Guy Sorman
A Brief History of American Prosperity
An entrepreneurial culture and the rule of law have nourished the nation’s economic dynamism.
Laura Vanderkam
The Paperback Quest for Joy
America’s unique love affair with self-help books
Kay S. Hymowitz
The Plight of the Alpha Female
Women remain scarce in the most elite positions. And it’s by choice.
Peter Cove
What I Learned in the Poverty War
Work, not welfare, uplifts the poor.
Brian C. Anderson
In Prospect
PODCAST: Brian C. Anderson reads this story
Oh, to be in England
Theodore Dalrymple
Sentimentalizing Serial Murder
A recent book exemplifies the erosion of moral judgment in Britain.
Diarist
Ian Penman
Faith and Hope in Charity Shops
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Chris Reed
San Diego’s Union War
City workers and taxpayers face off over pension and budget reforms.
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Nicole Gelinas on the Storm
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The money crisis
The power crisis
Gas and traffic rationing
A week of Sandy
The housing crisis
The traffic crisis
The transit crisis
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Michael J. Totten
Ben Affleck’s Masterwork
The director’s new Argo, a great—and nonpartisan—political film
12 November 2012
Stefan Kanfer
Stalin’s Sock Puppet
A new play makes Walter Duranty’s journalistic mendacity relevant to our own time.
5 November 2012
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Steven Malanga
More Hispanic Voting Myths
Why the media’s emphasis on race and ethnicity is wrong
13 November 2012
Myron Magnet
Obama and the Burden of History
The president hastens—and embodies—American decline.
7 November 2012
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Victor Davis Hanson
The Destiny of Cities
Throughout history, forces both natural and human have made cities rise and fall.
Autumn 2010
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City Journal's Ben Boychuk and Philadelphia Magazine's Joel Mathis talk to Charles Kesler, author of "I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism."
5 November 2012
Brian C. Anderson reads “In Prospect”
23 October 2012
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To Fix Traffic Chaos
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A Flooded-Out Economy
Michael Anton
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Prop. 31, a Trojan Horse initiative
Brian C. Anderson
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Is This Progressivism's Last Gasp?
Brian Calle
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Unions dominate California ballot propositions
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Steven Malanga
Death by Arbitration
One more way that cities are going broke
Joel Kotkin
It’s Mormon in America
The LDS Church is making its mark in the U.S. and around the world.
Clark Whelton
The Cross-Country Jobs Program
Notes on riding Amtrak
Brandon Fuller
The Genius of Dirt Roads
Why the growing cities of the developing world need New York–style street grids
Robert Blecker
Permanent Punitive Segregation
What should life be like for the worst of the worst?
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