Pioneering Spirit

Here’s a simple task that you might think is right up the alley of new AI tools.Generate a chart of California voter registration trends by party sin...

Megan McCardle has an excellent article out arguing that the best parts of Harris's housing plan are unlikely to actually happen. Buildin...

Last week I went to the ninth annual California Water Data Summit. Besides being a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and se...

1940US:Former US President Herbert Hoover is campaigning to send 400,000 tons of American food to Nazi-occupied Europe, to ward off proph...

Once upon a time, the US National Debt was a big issue. In the nineties a major third party campaign, Ross Perot, was focused on the issue of debt. P...

"Only by soaring above the clouds can one feel the immensity of the heavens." - Wind, Sand and Stars Antoine de Saint-ExupéryEvery year, for almost t...

1913Train and auto accidents, New York machine politics, palace intrigue south of the border... a different world existed before the grea...

The late David Graeber provoked strong reactions. In addition to his professional career as an anthropologist, he also helped launch Occupy Wall Stre...

An old man walked with a familiar gait up to the dais of the Water District boardroom. “How’s the family Bob? Did you go up to Half Moon Bay aga...

Less than 10% of PhDs find a permanent tenure track position in academia. Entire webcomics series have emerged to cope. Meanwhile college tuition co...