Homelessness Is Not About Housing

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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, by Michael Shellenberger (Harper, 416 pp., $28.99) For decades, concern for the global environment has been a major political issue, yet our shared local environment, or “oikos” to use conservative philosopher Roger Scruton’s term, seldom receives the same attention. Environmental researcher, author, and California gubernatorial candidate Michael Shellenberger, a […]

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