“Tuchman’s Law”, and other reminders of A Distant Mirror.
I was conversing with the Bookseller and commented that the historian Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August, an examination of events leading to...
7 Days of Piketty: Thursday, or “Squeezing the rich … if the world introduces...
I'm publishing seven days of links to web material about Thomas Piketty and his book, Capital in the Twenty-first Century. Piketty has been criticized for...
Or Market Street: “Don’t let your Main Street — or any street — turn...
At least Nicolae wasn't hypocritical about it.
The following link probably is more applicable to Jeffersonville's emerging downtown building projects, but it's still worthy of...
ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: River View’s sweet dreams are not enough.
ON THE AVENUES: River View's sweet dreams are not enough.
A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor.
Yesterday, the Redevelopment Commission voted to rescind a...
Meanwhile in Minnesota, friend and disability advocate Noah McCourt files lawsuits claiming city and...
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It's always instructive to check in on Noah McCourt. You'll recall that in 2015, Noah and I got to know each other when...
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2006: The NA Confidential – Volunteer Hoosier merger.
Diana and I first met Randy Smith on the grounds of the Moser Tannery in 2004 (wife Ann was with him; I knew her...
The Highwayman at city council, 2009: “Romeo, Romeo,——-?”
Lloyd "The Highwayman" Wimp, who sadly left us on November 12, 2010, was an old acquaintance of my 1990s-era pub madness who became a...
Prague’s concrete paneláks aren’t finished yet.
Having grown up under the tutelage of a father who went out of his way to avoid urban areas, and this being America, my...
