Abundance or Califailure: Authors with Bay Area ties from left and right lay blame for Golden State’s woes

Inside the Liberal Mind: The Tensions of Modern Political Thought

If you pay any attention to left-of-center commentary these days, you would know that an identity crisis is in full bloom. The left is having a major debate over what liberals should and shouldn’t believe.  A focal point of the debate is Abundance, a new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. It argues that liberal fondness for regulation has undermined their ability to achieve other liberal goals.  If you find it surprising that liberals are ar…

Can the left deliver education abundance?

Ezra Klein’s new book has sparked an important discussion about how the left can provide more housing and transportation. However, one area that particularly needs self-reflection is education. The left has often obstructed the creation of new and innovative schools. Since families began demanding more school choices, blue states and teachers unions have employed various tactics to block the establishment of new schools. In 2022, Vertex Academy …

Abundance or Califailure: Authors with Bay Area ties from left and right lay blame for Golden State’s woes

At a time when California’s own governor has described the Democratic brand as “toxic,” perhaps it’s no surprise that both Democrats and Republicans are blaming the party that has been in power for decades with all the ills troubling the Golden State. Ezra Klein, co-author of the book Abundance. (Lucas Foglia/Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster)  One of the highest costs of living in the country. The least affordable housing. The highest unemploy…

“Abundance” is the left’s latest rebranding, but it all means the same

First, there were Marxists. The Marxists got a bad reputation for destroying economies. Seems the approach of taking from people in accordance with their ability to give, and giving to people in accordance with their ability to take, sounded nice but didn’t work well. So, they rebranded to “communists,” as in community-ists. Everyone likes a community, right? Same result, this time at the point of a gun. And murdering 100 million people in the “…