Uneasy Rhetoric

Last night I got to thinking about the possibility of volunteering for a work crew going to New Orleans, Mississippi, or Alabama, if I could find one. I already know that volunteers should not self-deploy. Unless you’re already there with a work team, you’ll most likely just get in the way. Furthermore, realistically, I can’t [...]

It was just a matter of time. Costa, who comments frequently here as sugit (am I right, y’all are the same?), has a blog. Given that he spends far more time than I do keeping up with all of the new building developments, for better or for worse, going on in Sacramento, the blog promises [...]

Carl visited one of my all time favorite cities, Vancouver BC, and has this to say about a downtown that must be incredible now, because it was pretty good when I visited over 15 years ago: Vancouver’s compact downtown, large residential population and big tourist industry combine to make the streets thick with pedestrians. Walking [...]

When it’s an audio file. Because of its popularity, everyone wants to podcast. The Center for Economic and Policy Research will be conducting a series of seminars in the coming months on “basic economics for policy analysis and self defense.” In the announcement of these seminars in D.C., CEPR says they will also be offering [...]

Midtowner pointed me to a brand new blog on development in Sacramento. “Influencing the New Urban Landscape in Sacramento” (sacurban.blogs.com) has just two posts, but promises to be much fun: I’m here because I believe in Sacramento, I’m here because I believe that we can be a truly great urban city. I believe that I [...]