Biden’s Other Border Crisis: The US Canadian Border
The US-Canadian border remains closed– and it’s no longer really clear why.
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Cars, Advertising, and The Cult of Individualism
Cars don’t kill people, people kill people! At least, they do when they’re only thinking of themselves– as opposed to the complex ecosystem of different people who use streets and sidewalks. Marketing
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Womxn House Envisions Future for Artists, Gender on Detroit’s West Side
Erin Gold gives a talk on her stained glass installation work at a new artist residency and gallery space at Womxn House, a home on the west side of Detroit.
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In Irrational Markets, Bitcoin Mining Uses– And Abuses- Local Power
Economic development is good, right? Well, perhaps not so much if it involves infuriating local residents with noise or point source air or thermal pollution.
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Exploring the New Washington, DC: Edge Urbanism in Edgewood/Brookland
Walking, biking, scootering around northeast DC for a couple of weeks, thinking about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood.
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Amazon, Lifeline or Scourge For Retail-Starved, Rural Communities?
Amazon is committed to a money-losing strategy to try and cop rural market share. But it’s not exactly a great deal for consumers, either. Looking at some examples from Maine and an example from California, we can learn a bit about the challenges facing retail in rural communities as well as how Amazon is (maybe) thinking about this issue.
Read MoreIs It Time For A New Standard For Measuring EV Fuel Efficiency?
While I was glad to ditch my personal car in August, our household has a new-used car, which we were
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Energy Burden: How To Measure? How To Reduce?
Measuring energy burden is relatively straightforward. Figuring out how to create robust metrics for it, though– and how to address it- is much more challenging.
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Burgerbanism No. 3: Take Indy’s BRT to Delectable Southern Cuisine at Root & Bone
In town for a long weekend that involved a multi-part wedding extravaganza, I headed down south, as it were, to
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Flashback: Jump Raven, A Forgotten 1994 Video Game, Predicts 2021.
Battling techno-nazis in the climate change-flooded streets of New York City in this largely forgotten 1994 video game, and remembering the glory days of 90’s optimism and shareware.
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