American urban studies theorist
The latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features a warning from Michael Rectenwald, chief academic officer for American Scholars. Is the Great Reset a conspiracy theory imagining a vast left-wing…
Having room to spread out and having relatively less traffic congestion are generally good things. Those aren't problems to be solved by neglecting roads and spending scarce transportation dollars disproportionately…
Joseph Bottum reviews Richard Florida’s latest book for the Washington Free Beacon. It’s tempting to mock Richard Florida: the hipster urbanist with the hipster name, the new day’s heir to…
It’s a possibility two Western states will consider, as Rich Karlgaard documents in the latest issue of Forbes. Software entrepreneurs Doug Burgum and Greg Gianforte are running as Republican candidates…
Now that same-sex marriage is legal, the city of Charlotte is considering no longer offering benefits to the unmarried same-sex domestic partners of gay or lesbian city employees. The underlying…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online turns his attention to the problems big government creates for the “little guy.” On the one hand, we have the small-town entrepreneur yearning for…
The City of Asheville proceeded with turning off electricity and gas for eight buildings in its River Arts District. The RAD is a place where rad hipsters have moved into…
Charlotte City Council is finally nearing final consideration of new zoning standards for bars and such. Such regulations are always arbitrary. That said, the proposed new arbitrary rules are likely…
Like N&R ed-page editor Allen Johnson (unposted), I also heard the NPR interview with Richard Florida, aka Mr. Creative Class. Guess what —the “millions of entrepreneurs, writers, thinkers, engineers, the…
There’s really no other way to describe it: The Uptown powers that be are scared that the Panthers will head to Los Angeles, from which comes a willingness to shove…
Got a column out today for the Carolina Journal on the Creative Class. I’ll reprint it in full: In Raleigh, it’s being heralded as the next big thing, a relocation…
My my, perhaps there is some slight hope for Charlotte after all. A majority of Charlotte City Council yesterday rejected City Manager Curt Walton’s proposal to hike property taxes by…