The Stakes: Texas vs. California

<p>In this edition of <em><span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs= "true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb= "">The</span> Stakes</em>, Michael Anton, lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center, and a Claremont senior fellow, is joined by Matt Peterson, founding editor of <em><span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb= "">The</span> American Mind</em>. <span class= "markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">The</span> two discuss <span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb= "">the</span> massive and widening rift between California and Texas, both as individual states and as standard-bearers for <span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac= "" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">the</span>ir respective sides of <span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb= "">the</span> aisle. In <span class="markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">the</span> coming “big sort,” <span class= "markq4aesd50v" data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">the</span> question will be: which state is better for everyday Americans?</p>