by admin | Jan 21, 2017 | Blogging, Careers, Disaster, Natural Hazards, Personal history, Travel, Urban Planning, Writing
“The cemeteries are full of indispensable people,” or variations thereof, is a quotation that has been attributed to many, including the late French President Charles de Gaulle, but according to Quote Investigator, actually belongs to an American writer Elbert Hubbard...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | Agriculture, Environment, Floodplain management, Infrastructure, Natural Hazards, Resilience, Urban Planning, Water
From time to time, I contribute to the APA Blog, which consists of a variety of news and perspectives the American Planning Association provides to its members on its own website. Recently, I composed an article about an effort APA undertook in concert with several...
by admin | Jan 15, 2017 | Activism, Chicago, Disability, Healthcare, Politics, Public health, Public policy
“Six weeks ago,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who is assistant minority leader in the U.S. Senate, “I got a call from Burlington, Vermont.” It was Sen. Bernie Sanders, who told him “we need to rally in cities across the U.S.” to preserve health care...
by admin | Jan 1, 2017 | Civil rights, History, Identity, Immigration, Politics, Racism
For many Americans, including numerous prominent Republicans, one of the more troubling phenomena in the 2016 presidential election was the rise of certain groups who seem to attach their own identity to resentment and rejection of those who do not fit traditional...
by admin | Dec 18, 2016 | Blogging, Information technology, Personal health, Writing
There are times when we lose control of our plans, when we simply surrender to the power of microbes and let things ride. We may have made promises to get things done, and they will not happen. We must ride out the storm instead. I have posted nothing new in two weeks...
