When it comes to transportation -- specifically automobile transportation -- Texas is one of the most socialist states in the country, taxing and spending at amazing rates with an additional predilection towards borrowing enormous sums of money to build even more government-backed infrastructure.
Read MoreResist the impulse to try and smooth over these massive distortions our development pattern has created. Start seeking a way to find equilibrium on your own terms and in the least destructive way possible.
Read MoreJobs and growth are the results of a productive system, not a proxy for one.
Read MoreWouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to fight the DOT anymore?
Read MoreIt is interesting to look back and read what people thought a couple generations ago and how their thinking shapes our world today.
Read MoreWe can’t over-simplify the dynamics of all that has happened in Ferguson, but it’s obvious that our platform for building places is creating dynamics primed for social upheaval. The auto-oriented development pattern is a huge financial experiment with massive social, cultural and political ramifications.
Read MoreNot all economic development is created equal. Not all local investments build wealth in our community. Not all open markets produce optimal outcomes for all places.
Read MoreThe concept of investing (other people's) money in order to make money is not one that local governments should be pursuing.
Read MoreWe have to stop looking at the stagnation and decline of our blocks and neighborhoods as a normal part of the development process.
Read MoreWe've reconfigured our public spaces to accommodate the automobile. Today we need the humility to acknowledge that our ancestors -- who built in the traditional style -- may have known what they were doing.
Read MoreShould we be worried when Walmart's complex and fragile business model shows signs of strain?
Read MoreOur reaction to the pain of economic change explains a large part of how we got to where we are today and, for better or for worse, how we can start to work our way out of this mess.
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