52 books and 365 articles: February 2018

Monday, February 26, 2018

THE 1994 ASSAULT RIFLE BAN WORKED

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/22/the-real-reason-congress-banned-assault-weapons-in-1994-and-why-it-worked/

Sunday, February 25, 2018

THE 1994 ASSAULT RIFLE BAN WORKED

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/22/the-real-reason-congress-banned-assault-weapons-in-1994-and-why-it-worked/

BUILDING YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK

https://www.ted.com/talks/tanya_menon_the_secret_to_great_opportunities_the_person_you_haven_t_met_yet/up-next?rss#t-5489

Monday, February 19, 2018

WALLS AS DEFENSE

https://warontherocks.com/2018/02/wall-wall-fortresses-fail/

OPIOD CRISIS CAUSED BY AVAILABILITY

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/02/the-real-cause-of-the-opioid-crisis/553118/?utm_source=feed

Sunday, February 18, 2018

OPIOD CRISIS CAUSED BY AVAILABILITY

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/02/the-real-cause-of-the-opioid-crisis/553118/?utm_source=feed

RETAIL EMPLOYMENT WINNERS AND LOSERS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/06/liquor-home-hobbies-and-cars-an-obsessively-detailed-look-at-sectors-that-are-surviving-the-retail-apocalypse/

WHO ARE THE UNEMPLOYED IN AMERICA

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865685818/Who-is-unemployed-in-America-The-answer-might-surprise-you.html

REDEVELOPING HOUSTON

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/what-might-hold-houston-back/549605/?utm_source=feed

SMELT AS INDICATOR OF ESTUARY HEALTH

http://beta.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-smelt-environment-20180105-story.html

CALIFORNIA WINTER RUN CHINOOK SALMON

https://californiawaterblog.com/2018/01/07/new-paths-to-survival-for-endangered-winter-run-chinook-salmon/amp/

YOU DON'T NEED HIGH RISE TOWERS TO ACHIEVE DENSITY

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/3/comparing-approaches-to-achieving-density

MASS SHOOTINGS GRAPH

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2018/02/cumulative-mass-shooting-casualties-as-of-2-14-2018

PEDANTRY AND MASTERY IN FOLLOWING RULES

https://uneasymoney.com/2018/02/13/pedantry-and-mastery-in-following-rules/

GUN CONTROL IN ISRAEL

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-dismisses-us-gun-lobbys-inaccurate-claim-about-gun-laws/

PEDANTRY AND MASTERY IN FOLLOWING RULES

https://uneasymoney.com/2018/02/13/pedantry-and-mastery-in-following-rules/

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

MASS SHOOTINGS GRAPH

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2018/02/cumulative-mass-shooting-casualties-as-of-2-14-2018

Monday, February 12, 2018

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES LOSING JOBS

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/01/16/the-new-economics-of-jobs-is-bad-news-for-working-class-americans-and-maybe-for-trump/amp/

Sunday, February 11, 2018

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES LOSING JOBS

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/01/16/the-new-economics-of-jobs-is-bad-news-for-working-class-americans-and-maybe-for-trump/amp/

WHY CRIME DECLINED

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-great-crime-decline/amp

AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS

https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/01/the-granny-flats-are-coming/550388/?utm_source=feed

AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS

https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/01/the-granny-flats-are-coming/550388/?utm_source=feed

WHY CRIME DECLINED

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-great-crime-decline/amp

ACCEPTING INEQUALITY

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/02/i-salute-you.html

WHAT'S GOING ON IN CHICAGO

http://cornersideyard.blogspot.com/2018/02/chicago-is-american-metropolitan.html?m=1

ACCEPTING INEQUALITY

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/02/i-salute-you.html

WHAT'S GOING ON IN CHICAGO

http://cornersideyard.blogspot.com/2018/02/chicago-is-american-metropolitan.html?m=1

Saturday, February 10, 2018

WHY WALKABLE STREETS ARE MORE ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/16/why-walkable-streets-are-more-economically-productive

WHY WALKABLE STREETS ARE MORE ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/1/16/why-walkable-streets-are-more-economically-productive

Friday, February 9, 2018

RENO

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/2/my-reno-epiphany

SAFE DESIGN OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/2/forgiving-design-vs-the-forgiveness-of-slow-speeds

RENO

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/2/my-reno-epiphany

STREETS ARE BETTER THAN STROADS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/5/the-true-cost-of-a-stroad

STREETS ARE BETTER THAN STROADS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/5/the-true-cost-of-a-stroad

Thursday, February 8, 2018

WILDFLOWERS ON VACANT LOTS

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/02/what-should-grow-in-a-vacant-lot/552671/?utm_source=feed

LABOR'S DECLINING SHARE OF INCOME

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2018/02/behind-declining-labor-share-of-income.html?m=1

THE REALITIES OF CHILD SUPPORT

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2018/02/facts-about-child-support.html?m=1

OODA FOR FAST DECISION-MAKING

https://www.fs.blog/2018/01/john-boyd-ooda-loop/

SIMILES, ANALOGIES, AND METAPHORS

http://www.lifehack.org/652334/turbocharge-your-speed-of-thought-with-this-technique

PREDICTING RECIDIVISM BY ALGORITHM

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/equivant-compas-algorithm/550646/?utm_source=feed