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Category Archives: California
California’s Bleak Trajectory
From American Thinker: Victor Davis Hanson, whose family has lived in California for generations, has written a new book. Jarrett Stepman of Breitbart reviewed The Decline and Fall of California: From Decadence to Destruction, where Hanson paints a stark picture … Continue reading
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Rash Of Suicides At Palo Alto High School
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The cruelty of life in the meritocratic upper class. The tragedy of the meritocracy is that the children of smart parents are inevitably likely to be dumber than their parents. If meritocratic upper class culture … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Best & Worst Small Cities
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Steve was just being modest about his home state by only showing the bottom 13. California actually claims all of the bottom 23, and 33 of the bottom 37 (that’s out of 1,268 total – … Continue reading
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LAT: ‘Four years of bankruptcy and three decades of a drug epidemic have left San Bernardino a ghost of its former industrial spirit. But not all of its residents have given up.’
LAT: “Our backyard evolved over something horrible, and that’s what I think is going to happen to this city.” Comments at LAT: * There’s nothing much wrong with these cities. The problem is the people. People are the problem. Not … Continue reading
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NorCal Vs SoCal
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I always feel like saying to the mainstream press, it’s the demographics, stupid. I could have written a better article just using about 5 sentences. Of course, that wouldn’t fill the space, but still. * … Continue reading
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Can California Be Saved?
Comment: “Victor Davis Hanson strikes me as someone who is stuck in a political no man’s land, somewhere between straight cuckservatism and soft nationalism. This is why his writings about his native and home state are such a maddening mix … Continue reading
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NorCal Vs SoCal
This essay reminds me of my own experience of California and the dramatic differences between the northern section of the state and the south. I associate Sacramento with depression and Los Angeles with hope. Dennis McDougal’s granddaughter Megan Cole writes: … Continue reading
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CA’s Syphilis Boom
Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2015 Part of a nationwide trend, cases of syphilis among women and newborns increased in the last two years in California and Los Angeles County, state officials said Monday. The annual number of … Continue reading
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LAT: It’s official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California
Los Angeles Times: The demographic shift has been a long time coming. In 1970, the 2.4 million Latinos in California accounted for 12% of the population, while the 15.5 million whites in the state made up more than three-quarters of … Continue reading
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LAT: San Bernardino: Broken City
I’ve seen this story promoted on the LATimes.com for a few days but until now I’ve avoided reading it because I’m assuming that the fall of San Bernadino is largely a matter of changed racial demographics. For instance, there’s nothing … Continue reading
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