Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
This is nonsense. Chicago doesn’t need more housing – it has plenty of housing, just not in the areas where people want to live. And the wrong kind of housing. Putting coach houses and granny flats on small single family lots isn’t going solve the housing problem for families with children who need more space. The problem is that the places with lots of affordable housing – the west sides and south sides – are filled with lots of vacant and underused housing, but the neighborhoods are dangerous due to the inhabitants. Englewood used to have 100,000 people at its… Read more »