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Goodbye and Hello from New Geography

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Dear Readers:

After 17 years we are closing New Geography.com.  read more »

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Destroying Countrysides to Save Earth from a Climate Non-crisis

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Energy analyst Robert Bryce maintains a database showing that, as of November 2025, local communities have rejected or restricted 595  read more »

Strangely Familiar: Peter Mitchell and the Civic World We Forgot How to See

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Discovered by chance at a photo book fair, Peter Mitchell’s photographs of Leeds capture a civic world that assumed legibility, continuity, and shared meaning  read more »

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The Problem with Energy Blinders

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Blinders are used to keep horses focused on the road ahead and not get distracted  read more »

What Urbanism Lost When DEI Was Defeated, Part 2

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Last Monday I wrote a piece that lamented the state of policy movement on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in America. Here’s my followup to that.  read more »

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Why Are Zoomers Embracing Extremist Ideas?

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Conservatives have rightly denounced the extremist tendency among young progressives, but there’s a similar problem now evident on the Right.  read more »

America's Great Migration

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‘For many states that were once great have now become small; and those that were great in my time were small formerly. Knowing therefore that human prosperity never continues in one stay.’  read more »

Once Again, Transparency Is Not the Enemy of Academic Freedom

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Public universities are facing a crisis of confidence. Trust in higher education has fallen sharply over the past decade, driven by rising costs, ideological imbalance, and  read more »

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Carney Faces Up to the Reality of Trudeau's Climate Fantasies

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Sometimes policy change is necessitated by reality. The welcome new entente cordiale between Ottawa and Alberta, fast tracking new energy developments, marks a pleasant example.  read more »