While awareness and externalities were memes in the Green Constitutional Congress, they weren’t the only ones. For that matter, neither was the most important one. Bruce Mau made that abundantly clear with […]
Denver is missing something – the homeless
I was walking up the 16th Street Mall this morning when I got stopped by a man offering me a small newspaper called the Denver Voice. It’s a paper written in large […]
Externalities – The Green Constitutional Congress, part 2
Externalities is a term I first heard in my undergraduate economics classes nearly 20 years ago, and its used to describe the parts of a system that are ignored by the users […]
The remarkable power of remarkable people
Periander, however, understood Thrasybulus’ actions. He realised that he had been advising him to kill outstanding citizens, and from then on he treated his people with unremitting brutality. Herodotus, Histories What Herodotus […]
The Scrogue's Guide to Denver and the DNC: ERACE Homelessness
by Sharon Truchan Denver is known for its beautiful views. One only need look to the west to see its majestic mountainous silhouette. Inspires you want to get outside and do something, […]
Letters from Afghanistan: installment #3
Nasim’s story:Â making and unmaking terrorists by Connor O’Steen It turns out the road between [location excised] and [location excised] is currently held by the Taliban, so until NATO clears things up […]
Quotabull
I’ll approach Obama with fearless honesty. He’s a liberal. I oppose liberals. That’s all that’s involved here. — Rush Limbaugh on presidential candidate Barack Obama; Mr. Limbaugh has renewed his contract with […]
Quotabull
Exxon Mobil is acting like a dinosaur now, not adopting to a changing environment. — Stephen Viederman, a New York shareholder, after “Exxon Mobil’s chairman and chief executive, Rex W. Tillerson, defeated […]
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Hhaing The Yu, 29, in rain falling on the ruins of his home, in a township outside Yangon, Myanmar. This is not about politics; it is about saving people’s lives. There is […]
Pols fail to comprehend breadth of infrastructure crisis
About 10 months have passed since the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River during afternoon rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. Construction of the bridge’s $234 million […]
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