California’s Housing Problems Require a Better Solution than Densify, Densify, Densify
California’s mounting housing problem requires more alternatives, especially for people seeking lower rents and affordable single-family houses.
The Palisades and Eaton fires represent thousands of personal tragedies, but they also constitute a collective disaster, adding new housing shortages to California’s already massive shortfall — a catastrophe that stems not from acts of nature but from human policy blunders.
Gov. Gavin Newsom bought a new $9-million house in November, but too many of his fellow Californians may never own a home or find an affordable rental. Under Newsom, the state has tried reforms designed to increase building and affordability, but precious little has changed.
Home prices in coastal California are nearly 400% above the national average, and statewide, the median cost of a home is 2.5 times higher than in the rest of country. California has the second lowest homeownership rate in the nation, 56% (New York’s is lowest, 54%).
Pursuit of Happiness
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Americans Concerned About AI, Economic Issues
The Civitas Institute Poll, conducted from March 11-20, 2025, asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in the country.
Humanity According to Alasdair MacIntyre
He reminded us that life is mainly about love and friendship, not reason and will.
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The Education of David Mamet
The inherent complexity of an artist is that he ought to be nationless, placeless, even languageless. But Mamet proves that such a thing is impossible.
Ed Feulner, Movement Man
Feulner’s vision of modern conservatism was one of ordered liberty: one that drew as much on classical liberals like Hayek as it did on older traditions that have shaped the American Founding and Western civilization.
