Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Coming Great Divide in American Political Culture By J.R. Dunn

"Michael Barone's occasional forays into sociology are always a pleasure to come across. Like the rest of his work, they are concise, well-researched, original, and always marked by clarity. Barone goes where the data takes him, and never seems to have an agenda or an ideological ax to grind.

All this is true of his latest such piece, 'The Realignment of America' which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, May 8. While going through recent census estimates, Barone discovered a pattern until now overlooked: the old coastal cities, or 'Coastal Megalopolises' are steadily becoming dominated by immigrants, while at the same time native Americans are repopulating the thriving heartland cities. "

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