Imperfect Storms
Last week’s post on the need to check our narratives against the evidence of history turned out to be rather more timely than I expected.
Society
Canceling the Curve: A Small Town Rightsizing Success Story
PPS often says, ‘We have to stop building transportation through communities and instead build communities through transportation.’
Welcome to the (Don’t Be) Evil Empire
Here’s what San Francisco is now: a front row seat on the most powerful corporations on Earth and the people who run them.
Growing out of trouble
Why Monty Don ever decided it was his mission to rescue some young offenders (PPOs – Persistent and Priority Offenders) by getting them to run a small holding remains a mystery throughout the book.
After neoliberalism? Introduction to the Kilburn Manifesto
‘Neoliberalism’, in the way we are using the term, is about more than economics.
The Subjects of American Empire Are Joining in Solidarity
All but the wealthiest are now members of the “Global South.”
Transportation Readings for American Conservatives – How did we get in such a Mess?
The best place to start is with the development of the railroad industry, where misguided progressivism, corruption and statist mentalities almost totally destroyed what should be considered a crown jewel of the American free enterprise system.
Digging Out from Prison: A Pathway to Rehabilitation
Today, the United States spends more than $80 billion a year on its criminal justice system.
Fear for Free!
The big brouhaha over former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s whistle-blowing revelation that his bosses are tuning in to every last thing We The People are doing has resulted in exactly the effect that an authoritarian government would most want to achieve: leaving us all quaking in fear and paranoia.
A Tale of Two Initiatives and The Power of Just Doing Stuff
“It is fascinating to hear stories of how Transition is emerging and developing its own identity in some of those countries in southern Europe most impacted by the financial crisis,” writes Hopkins, “Here I’d like to share stories from Coín in Spain and Portalegre in Portugal.”
Density Part 2: Height vs Delight
…“how do we build delightful cities that make us more prosperous, ecological, fit and equitable?”
Brazil, a crisis of representation
It was, is, a political earthquake.
