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For decades, no leading American politician has been willing to confront third-rail issues in a serious way, despite the fact that every intelligent person knows the system isn’t really working.
Sisyphus, if you haven’t heard, is the mythological man doomed by Greek gods to forever push a boulder up a…
Over the last thirty years, digital tools have changed how news media operates, gradually moving down the list. The first…
For the last couple of years I’ve been collecting business aphorisms. Although they are pithy, they’ve helped me protect myself…
Today, I'm launching a new tool I created, EnergyThink.ing, to track energy and environment news across all 50 states.
I stepped off the train that evening and saw the accident scene. A few hours late, I looked around for…
As a news consumer – granted one that has a very specific niche need – I suddenly have explosive power.…
The combination of online job boards and AI has created an asymmetry in the employment market between employers and job…
Were you ever a science fiction reader? As a kid I devoured sci-fi, rarely of the laser beams and alien…
Over a hundred years have passed since the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but both Vienna and Budapest are still…
Here is my annual roundup of what I recommend. It’s not everything I read/watch/listen to, but it’s the things I…
Smoke filled bars are just like gas stations. Why would you choose to be in either one?
Although I didn’t expect it when I moved here, my neighborhood became my respite. Yes, Chicago has its architecture, improv…
As a former journalist, I’d say I have a finely tuned bullshit meter, so here’s how I make my news…
I like walkability, pub culture, and bake shops. After spending two weeks in the UK, I’m not sure I have…
This is the big, final relaxing weekend before everything breaks loose, so I don’t have a lot of big thoughts…
The notion of moving from a defensive posture to a welcome, relaxed posture is easy to imagine, but terrifying to…
When I matriculated in the 1990’s, college was still a kind of overnight camp with education. You went to classes…
I experienced a radical change in lifestyle recently: I got my first dishwasher in over 20 years.
I want to share with you the research I did on home solar panels so you can save a ton…
We all know what tastes good and with some repetition, we can get better at making food that pleases each…