Why College Housing Answers May be Under our Noses
February turns out to have been a good month to muse about […]
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Flood! Three Perspectives on the Inland Sea
In the distant time, when a now mythical subculture known as “moderate […]
Read moreA New Year’s Thank You to Organized Labor
For my end of 2022 post I want to reflect on a […]
Read moreEnlightenment: Straight Up, Not So-Called. A Review of Joel Mokyr’s A Culture of Growth
Perhaps like you, the eventful year of 2020 led me to do […]
Read moreGhosts and Hopes – Old Books and Urban Reflections for October
It is nearly Halloween. But I have been thinking of the photograph […]
Read moreUnearthing the long-term seeds of decline: how the nation can get a better report card next time
A colleague once told me that the great hidden advantage of teaching […]
Read moreFive Hot August Takes from Your Octopus Teacher
Working in a classroom with thirty or more teenagers it sometimes feels […]
Read moreCharming Guanajuato – How to Design for What We Never Say Out Loud
Charm, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps. But […]
Read moreGetting Urban Density Right: The Case of Seattle’s Fremont
“It’s not my Seattle anymore” My wife’s dear auntie, a lifelong Seattleite, […]
Read moreLook to the Sacramento Suburbs to Find Successful Diversity
It’s been a dark month in America. With the shootings in Buffalo […]
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