Rationalized Ideals of Silence Crashing Against the Rock of Reality
Or rather, "Rationalized Ideals AGAINST Silence Crashing . . . ".
Cities
Urban Planning v. Organic Cities
Anthony Eagan at City Journal
Saving St. Louis One Block at a Time
Rachel Ferguson at the Acton Institute
End of the Encampments?
Judge Glock at City Journal
Not Just Tulsa: Black Neighborhoods Were Often Destroyed by Urban-Renewal Policies
Howard Husock at City Journal
Central Park: A Beautiful Travelogue
Samuel Johnson put London and life itself on the same platform, writing:
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.
I often think the same thing can be said of New York City. It, at least, seems that way to me, a foreigner vis-a-vis NYC. Despite
Latinist Moves to Steubenville
John Byron Kuhner, a Latinist who published a delightful paean to Central Park in the June/July 2023 edition of First Things, has moved to Steubenville, Ohio.
I've been to Steubenville once. It was ten years ago. I was stunned by the desolation. It was a "ghost
The Power of Place: Northern Exposure and South Side
Elizabeth Stice at Front Porch Republic
Move Over New York: Mexico City is the City That Doesn't Sleep
I'm returning from eight days in Mexico City.
I saw the future of Mexico, and I have no idea if it works.
Mexico is Ready to Get Rich, if the Cartels Don't Destroy It First
Peter Zeihan recently said Mexico is exploding, economically. The future looks
The Ghost of Ancient Rome Haunts America
Joel Kotkin at UnHerd