• Carrying Capacity

    I still tend to fare better when there’s plain evidence of a complete living order, and not just the systems humans have imposed on it. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

  • The Stony Remains of Shantyville

    If my theory about bars being a proxy measure for livability in Montana has any teeth, it seems like the path forward to an improved Shantyville that’s livable for regular folks is paved with, yes, residential housing, but also bars.

  • The South of It All

    In the past few weeks, something north of a dozen cities have either removed or approved the removal of Confederate monuments. That might sound like good progress at first blush, but according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), as of last year, there were still almost 800 Confederate statues nationwide. And that was just a fraction of the more than 1,700 total monuments, place names, or other symbols memorializing the Confederacy. That SPLC number includes 103 public K-12 schools and colleges named for Confederate icons, but it doesn’t necessarily include the dozens of schools in 41 states that have…