An independent news creator. I call balls and strikes no matter what uniform the batter at the plate is wearing. Fair and fearless. Not owned by a billionaire or a massive media conglomerate.
A travel blog hitting all the cities you won't visit, by way of running, dive bars, history, and community. Let's get weird and redefine what it means to vacation while finding the next great American city.
Sometimes in the post-pandemic world, it seems like it doesn't matter "where" you are! In some ways that's true, but in other ways "place" matters more than ever. "The Future Of Where" explores the ways in which place and community still matter.
Unexpected takes on the modern world of work. Paul explores our obsession with work and the default path of success and tries to imagine new possibilities for how we can conceive of life, work & what matters.
Research and reflections on religion, white Christian nationalism, & the moral work of protecting democracy. Hosted by NYT bestselling author Robert P. Jones, president/founder of PRRI.
The Overhead Wire Daily is a newsletter focused on bringing people news about cities daily. This particular substack is a recreation of the basic version of my daily newsletter started in 2006. As the slow death of Twitter continues, I'm branching out...
Ingenious Cities is a forum where research that is published in the Journal of Planning Education & Research (JPER) is presented in a format and style that translates findings into clear and compelling new insights for urban professionals and the public.
Urban planner and writer thinking about cities and family life and the intersection between them. Pragmatic (disillusioned, reform-minded) liberal. Author RIGHT OF WAY. Working on a new book about children and public space.
My writing tends to coalesce around themes of urbanism, the housing shortage, work, social (dis)connection, and how we decide to live our lives in our near-post-scarcity society.
A newsletter about land use, housing, transportation, and climate policy in Harrisonburg, the Shenandoah Valley, and beyond. Currently living in the Netherlands, enrolled in the Global Urban Transformations Master's program at Utrecht University.
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