Elsewhere
Point Me in the Direction of Lake Eola
Ryan and I finally chose our "eventually" city. But it's not L.A. And it's not New York anymore, either. What if I told you it's Orlando, Florida?
Latest
Media
What Joe Ricketts Really Meant
There's what Joe Ricketts wrote in his DNAinfo death statement. And then there's what everyone else actually heard.
Chicago
Why Is Streetsblog So Bitchy?
You can't get people on your side when you're constantly chasing them away. So why does Streetsblog spend so much time telling people they suck?
Elsewhere
Demonymity
Does the place you're from really define who you are? Or are the places you've been along the way more important?
Judaism
Fear No (One Else's) Holiday
If Halloween makes you fear for your Judaism, your problem isn't Halloween.
Getting Around
How Rail Snobs Miss Out on Their Cities
How can you fully embrace your city if you reject one of the most important means for getting around in it?
Backstory
The Death and Life of My Planning Career
What do you do when you want to pivot back to what you used to do, that you never thought you'd do again?
Politics
E Pluribus Pluribus
When we stop respecting our shared Americanness, we have no respect left for anything else.
Politics
Token Branding
The worst thing about inclusion on the left is exclusion on the left. Identity politics doesn't work when you aim it at each other.
Judaism
Please Don't "Shalom" Your Supermarket Jew
I love being stalked by strangers eager to say hi to me in a foreign language because of my religion. Said no one, anywhere, ever.
Technology
I'm Not a Mac #17–The Agony and the Agony of My iPad Pro
On why I'm considering breaking up with Apple and becoming an Android and Windows user again.
Politics
Just Shoot You
I don't think Trump was an accident. I think we got exactly what we wanted--and deserved.