Michael Dudley

<p>A new report from the Conference Board of Canada says that Canada's cities are neglected and disempowered, and need more taxing power of their own and more direct investments from other levels of government.</p>

<p>Serious analysts across the political spectrum are coming to the same conclusion: the housing market is set to crash, and with it, the economy.</p>

<p>Canada's official multiculturalism -- which is more about celebrating diversity than achieving equality -- is encouraging a dramatic growth in urban and suburban ethnic enclaves, and may be impeding integration with the larger society.</p>

<p>It's not just New Orleans: cities across America need help. What's needed is the political will to do it.</p>

<p>Cities like Linfen bear the ecological burden of China's massive, coal-fired economic growth.</p>