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    The Gordon Chang Report–China: Mastermind of Middle East Turmoil

    READ THE PDF On July 23, 14 Palestinian factions, including arch rivals Hamas and Fatah, signed the Beijing Declaration, a unity pact, in the Chinese capital. China’s Global Times, the Communist Party’s semi-official tabloid, termed the deal an “epoch-making event.” In July, Xi Jinping appeared to be driving events in ...
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    The three-bedroom solution to our ‘childless’ cities

    The three-bedroom solution to our ‘childless’ cities by Kenneth Schrupp |  September 13, 2024 Take a look around your city and think about a modal of American life for many people – college, rent, get married, start a family, work at a downtown employer, then retire and later move into ...
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    Urbanist dreams foiled by lousy big-city governments

    SACRAMENTO – One of the silliest things about the urbanism movement is its insistence that suburbanites abandon single-family homes, spacious yards and placid neighborhoods for the excitement of big-city living. In those cities, we can supposedly experience more “community,” reduce our carbon footprint and take a bike to buy overpriced groceries at ...
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    Learn how public schools are failing our students

    Why are math scores cratering? Blame progressive math instruction.

    Recently, as I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, I mentioned to my dental hygienist that I had just written a new book entitled The Great Classroom Collapse, which tells the stories of students, parents, and teachers who are experiencing the implosion of math and reading learning in America’s schools.  ...
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    Get the latest update from under the Capitol dome

    Newsom’s Absence Was ‘Elephant in the Room’ at End of Legislative Session

    Coincidentally, I found myself out and about that evening near the Capitol, going to dinner and then a show with friends.  Ironically, there was a comic book convention that weekend at the convention center. The hundreds of strangely dressed people milling about downtown Sacramento that evening had no idea what ...
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    Read the latest on California's outmigration problem

    Don’t Forget About Migration’s Long-term Implications

    This exodus reflects the migrant’s view that California no longer offers a competitive lifestyle, and the state provides residents with inadequate economic opportunities. But the exodus from the state is not simply a statement on the Golden State’s current maladies. When people migrate, they take their income and economic activity ...
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    Converting offices to homes helps ease housing crunch

    Converting offices to homes helps ease housing crunch By John Seiler | September 6, 2024 “There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.” —Jane Jacobs, author As cities in California and ...
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    Transit carried only 74.9% of 2019 riders in June

      Transit’s failure to recover from the pandemic is due largely to its downtown-centric orientation in most urban areas. Before the pandemic, almost half of all transit commuters in the nation’s 50 largest urban areas worked downtown, and almost half of downtown workers commuted by transit whereas less than 6% ...
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    A Cruel Moment of Clarity

    The police as of this writing have not identified the 17 year-old suspect who was arrested immediately after the shooting, saying only that he is from Tracy, California.  District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Tuesday filed attempted murder, robbery, and other charges against the suspect. It’s an election year and the ...
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    CAPITAL IDEAS – Dim View: New PRI Poll Shows Just 4 out of 10 Voters Rate their Local School Boards Positively

    As school boards grapple with issues ranging from poor student achievement scores in reading and math on state and national tests to widespread student behavior and discipline problems to ideological controversies, the public is less than happy with the performance of their school boards in the face of these challenges. ...
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    The Gordon Chang Report–China: Mastermind of Middle East Turmoil

    READ THE PDF On July 23, 14 Palestinian factions, including arch rivals Hamas and Fatah, signed the Beijing Declaration, a unity pact, in the Chinese capital. China’s Global Times, the Communist Party’s semi-official tabloid, termed the deal an “epoch-making event.” In July, Xi Jinping appeared to be driving events in ...
    Blog

    The three-bedroom solution to our ‘childless’ cities

    The three-bedroom solution to our ‘childless’ cities by Kenneth Schrupp |  September 13, 2024 Take a look around your city and think about a modal of American life for many people – college, rent, get married, start a family, work at a downtown employer, then retire and later move into ...
    Blog

    Urbanist dreams foiled by lousy big-city governments

    SACRAMENTO – One of the silliest things about the urbanism movement is its insistence that suburbanites abandon single-family homes, spacious yards and placid neighborhoods for the excitement of big-city living. In those cities, we can supposedly experience more “community,” reduce our carbon footprint and take a bike to buy overpriced groceries at ...
    Blog

    Learn how public schools are failing our students

    Why are math scores cratering? Blame progressive math instruction.

    Recently, as I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, I mentioned to my dental hygienist that I had just written a new book entitled The Great Classroom Collapse, which tells the stories of students, parents, and teachers who are experiencing the implosion of math and reading learning in America’s schools.  ...
    Blog

    Get the latest update from under the Capitol dome

    Newsom’s Absence Was ‘Elephant in the Room’ at End of Legislative Session

    Coincidentally, I found myself out and about that evening near the Capitol, going to dinner and then a show with friends.  Ironically, there was a comic book convention that weekend at the convention center. The hundreds of strangely dressed people milling about downtown Sacramento that evening had no idea what ...
    Blog

    Read the latest on California's outmigration problem

    Don’t Forget About Migration’s Long-term Implications

    This exodus reflects the migrant’s view that California no longer offers a competitive lifestyle, and the state provides residents with inadequate economic opportunities. But the exodus from the state is not simply a statement on the Golden State’s current maladies. When people migrate, they take their income and economic activity ...
    Blog

    Converting offices to homes helps ease housing crunch

    Converting offices to homes helps ease housing crunch By John Seiler | September 6, 2024 “There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.” —Jane Jacobs, author As cities in California and ...
    Blog

    Transit carried only 74.9% of 2019 riders in June

      Transit’s failure to recover from the pandemic is due largely to its downtown-centric orientation in most urban areas. Before the pandemic, almost half of all transit commuters in the nation’s 50 largest urban areas worked downtown, and almost half of downtown workers commuted by transit whereas less than 6% ...
    Blog

    A Cruel Moment of Clarity

    The police as of this writing have not identified the 17 year-old suspect who was arrested immediately after the shooting, saying only that he is from Tracy, California.  District Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Tuesday filed attempted murder, robbery, and other charges against the suspect. It’s an election year and the ...
    Blog

    CAPITAL IDEAS – Dim View: New PRI Poll Shows Just 4 out of 10 Voters Rate their Local School Boards Positively

    As school boards grapple with issues ranging from poor student achievement scores in reading and math on state and national tests to widespread student behavior and discipline problems to ideological controversies, the public is less than happy with the performance of their school boards in the face of these challenges. ...
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