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How AI Will Embolden the Tyranny of Big Tech
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Invasion of the Water Snatchers
Drought has hit Schleicher County hard. Lots of the stock tanks are dry. The only plants that appear to be thriving on this part of the Edwards Plateau are scrawny mesquite trees and the ever-present prickly pear cactus. read more »
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The Midwest: Solving the Networking Problem
First I want to thank everyone for reading, sharing and commenting on my recent post on talent, ambition and culture in the Midwest. read more »
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Auto/Transit Job Access Ratios: 50 Large Metro Areas
What a difference the remote work revolution has made. The University of Minnesota Accessibility Observation auto and transit access data for 2021 read more »
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Democrats Green Agenda Could Gift Midwest to Trump
The Midwest will decide who wins the White House in November. Much has been written about Kamala Harris’s not-so-subtle appeal to Michigan’s Muslim voters, and her choice of Tim Walz as running mate read more »
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Rise of Luxury Urbanity as a System: Sydney CBD
In 1971, after a lifetime researching and explaining the Central Business District, American geographer Raymond Murphy gathered his knowledge together in The Central Business District: A Study in Urban Geography. read more »
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How J.D. Vance Avoided Becoming Pete Buttigieg
There are a lot of parallels between the paths of J.D. Vance and Pete Buttigieg.
Though close to the same age, Vance (40) and Buttigieg (42) don’t superficially seem to have much in common. read more »
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From Settler Colonialism to a New Post-Colonial Settlement
In this era of heightened racial and ethnic tension, few academic concepts have enjoyed as much success as “settler colonialism.” read more »
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Where Are The Pro-Nuclear Democrats?
About 15 years ago, I visited a high-ranking official at the Department of Energy at his office in Washington. We chatted for 30 minutes about the obstacles facing nuclear energy deployment in the US read more »
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How Will We Survive the Sex War?
Throughout history, the happy convergence of men and women — and their by-product, children — has driven human civilisation. No less than Freud saw this need for family as intrinsic read more »