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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]