On September 20^th Sound Transit published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed light rail extension to West Seattle.  read more »

Gavin Newsom does not want to play with Donald Trump. So he will huff and puff, and posture for the nation, to make himself – and his state, which is also mine – the righteous Avignon to Trump’s crude Rome.  read more »

Yesterday, I conducted a poll on X to ask people what would have to change in large Midwestern metros for non-Midwesterners to consider moving here. The poll was revealing.  read more »

Currently, major changes are happening in the knowledge geography in Europe. The study The geography of Europe’s brain business jobs measures the share of the working-age population across Europe employed in highly knowledge-intensive enterprises.  read more »

In a way not seen since the days of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney, the right is on the march.  read more »

In 2023 a total of more than 1.5 million residential building permits were issued in the United States, according to the Census Bureau.  read more »

In the election’s wake, California remains part of the Left Coast, clinging to the western edge of Trump world, more an outlier than a trendsetter.  read more »

Ever since the rise of Barack Obama, Democrats have seen themselves as destined to rule. With his presidential victory in 2008, they created a seemingly unbridgeable political empire.  read more »