Reconsidering the Social Responsibility of...
In a speech in July, Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden said: “It’s way past time we put an end to the era of...

The Decline of America’s Major Urban Centers
America’s largest cities are in trouble. And it seems that few understand exactly what’s going on. Why are...

America Responds to China’s Geopolitical Network
Every major geopolitical struggle has involved two opposing alliances of nations, as well as a set of nations that try...

The West Confronts China
Much like World War II, the Sino-American Cold War has come upon us suddenly and unexpectedly. While China’s role...


The Socio-Economic Crisis Behind the Second...
published on: Jun 15, 2020
As previously discussed in Trends, the American Dream is in trouble. Long-simmering discontent among "those who have been left behind" has broken...

The Debate Over Family Structure and Life Success
published on: Dec 15, 2019
Everyone recognizes that there is a persistent income, wealth, and health gap, on average, between black and white Americans. To what extent do...

The Great American Political Chasm
published on: Nov 15, 2019
Not since the American Civil War have the people of the United States been so divided. And just as with the crisis gripping the nation in the...

God and Man in America
published on: Oct 15, 2019
For a century or more, the United States has been the world’s most religious wealthy nation. But research shows that the share of Americans who...

The Coming Battle for Arctic Resources
published on: Oct 15, 2019
From at least 1967 to 2016, the world's most contested region was the Middle East. However, over the next several years, the competition between...

Reexamining the Social Justice Imperative
published on: Aug 15, 2019
As highlighted in the July 2019 issue of Trends, the United States is undergoing a political realignment driven by the need to reestablish the...

Eliminating Poverty and Maximizing Happiness
published on: Jul 15, 2019
Despite spending nearly $24 trillion in public funds fighting the War on Poverty, poverty is still a widespread problem in the United States. What...

Lab Grown Meat Moves Toward Commercialization
published on: Apr 15, 2019
The rise of the global middle class has dramatically increased the demand for meat over the past 40 years. And this is only going to accelerate now...

The Cancer of Socialism Returns
published on: Apr 15, 2019
The evidence of history is unequivocal! Capitalism works and socialism fails, everywhere, every time. Yet, after nearly 30 years in remission,...

The Opportunity and Threat of Marijuana...
published on: Mar 15, 2019
Annual global revenues for the legal marijuana industry may eventually rise to between $150-and-$500 billion, generating enormous tax revenues. As...

Eliminating the Tyranny of Eco-Imperialism
published on: Nov 15, 2018
Since at least the 90s, misguided ideology has kept nearly half of the world’s population unnecessarily trapped in poverty exacerbated by a lack of...

California Wages Environmental War Against the...
published on: Aug 15, 2018
As we explained in the May 2018 issue of Trends, the United States is now engaged in a de facto “civil war” between two economic systems built...

Climate Alarmists: “We don’t need no...
published on: Jun 15, 2018
In a world increasingly questioning long-held assumptions, climate alarmists are facing an ever-more skeptical populace. How are they responding?...

Understanding the New American Civil War
published on: May 15, 2018
An increasingly large set of thinkers on the right and left acknowledge that the United States is facing an existential struggle between competing...

The Future of American Religion
published on: Mar 15, 2018
For more than two hundred years, secularism has been on the rise in Western Civilization. And like other western nations the United States has seen...

Addressing the Counterfeit Goods Crisis
published on: Dec 15, 2017
Taken together, the negative impacts of counterfeiting and piracy are projected to misdirect up to $4.7 trillion a year of global economy resources...