Why Did Carmen Ramirez Have To Die?It’s time to stop blaming pedestrians for getting killed on our streets.Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Hurricane Harvey Should Have Taught Houston To Rethink How We Grow. We Haven’t Listened.When it hit five years ago this week, Hurricane Harvey was an unprecedented disaster: 68 people dead, 200,000 homes damaged or destroyed, a…Aug 28, 2022Aug 28, 2022
Admit It, Austin — Willie Belongs to Houston Too (At Least Partly)I’m going to start traveling back and forth between Houston and Austin this week for work, which means that once I have to confront the…Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022
Published inCuriousThe Day Milton Friedman Called Me Back. Collect.Our recent bout with inflation brings to my mind the struggle everybody had understanding inflation the last time it afflicted our country…Aug 13, 20227Aug 13, 20227
Published inCuriousHow Place Drives ProsperityBetter cities emerge when the people who shape them think more broadly — and intentionally about the places they are creating.Aug 8, 20223Aug 8, 20223
How Houston Can Maintain Prosperity By Focusing On PlaceAs the name of my new book of essays, Place And Prosperity, suggests, I have always believed that place and prosperity are deeply…Jul 24, 2022Jul 24, 2022
Life On The EdgePeople love living on the edge between human settlements and nature. But it’s a tough balancing act.Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2021
I Got Back On The Bus Yesterday. And It Was Fine.All my fears and worries were unfounded. I’m back on the bus for good.Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Liberate The Minor-League Cities!Major-league owners control virtually all baseball in the United States. It’s time to change the system.Mar 9, 20212Mar 9, 20212
Published inCuriousInfrastructure Isn’t an Abstract Concept. It’s Very PersonalSitting here in central Houston this week, with no water, spotty internet, and the looming fear that we would lose power and heat, I kept…Feb 19, 20211Feb 19, 20211