Day: May 25, 2010

The Tyranny of the City IFRL-TLC-Scenery-arthur-aldyrkhanov-566881-unsplash

The Tyranny of the City

Erik Kain May 25, 2010

Conor has grappled with the implications of New York’s cultural dominance and with the socio-political constraints of...

Can You Whitewash (Potentially) White People? IFRL-Mindiv-alex-iby-434004-unsplash

Can You Whitewash (Potentially) White People?

Chris Dierkes May 25, 2010

From Huffpo: They also note this weekend’s release of “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” a...

The Criminal Diaspora IFRL-NaPP-Space-15155720220_8451ab5be5_o

The Criminal Diaspora

Will May 25, 2010

At his Future of the City blog, Conor Friedersdorf links to an Atlantic magazine piece from 2008...

At Long Lost, The End IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin-Factory

At Long Lost, The End

Erik Kain May 25, 2010

Spoilers, thoughts, my alternative ending – after the leap…

Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Gaffe

Richard Epstein on Rand Paul’s Gaffe

Jason Kuznicki May 25, 2010

What would happen if we repealed Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits private...

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Learning from Poverty

Matthew Schmitz May 25, 2010

Jason has helpfully reminded us why we should not romanticize locally grown, organic peasant food. But Design...

Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We have enough taxes to make this work if we'd make HC a lot more efficient. Similarly our infrastru…
LeeEsq in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Americans want first world service on third world levels of taxation. They get angry about why it is…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The propaganda on what a good neighborhood even proceeds radio let alone television. When Manhattan…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The DNC needs to get over itself. The JD Pritzkers of the world don’t actually need them to get elec…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Lawyer types! A question! America First Legal (whomever they are) has filed a bar complaint against…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Good neighborhoods are the ones near the schools that have more than X% proficiency in math/reading.…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We talked about it a little bit last week. For what it's worth, I think that the DNC Chair has it ri…
North in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025You're right on every account.
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025I haven't really been following this scandal but the DNC has been rather angry with David Hogg for f…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025There has been a lot of propaganda in North America that "good" neighborhoods consists of single fam…