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Onion Style: AI Church Goes Viral After Congregation Discovers Their Beloved Pastor Never Existed

Sherlock: THE CASE OF THE CHELSEA CASTLES

The Migration Paradox: A Sherlock Holmes Deduction

By 2060, climate change will cost each American kid $600K to $1.2M over their lifetime

Elon Musk didn’t just buy Twitter for $44B. He built the world’s most sophisticated cognitive warfare machine.

Spring 2025: The Great American Retreat begins

Carmunism

The Great American Energy Binge: How We Subsidized an Economy on Waste

The Zoning Severance: How Severance Mirrors the American Suburban Split

The Great American Car Swindle: How Auto Dependency Is Killing Our Retirement

Sherlock: THE GLOBAL DEDUCTION

The Deficit of Honesty

Sherlock: The Vanishing Stability

Sherlock: The Default Deduction

Sherlock: The Bond Vigilantes

Political Game Theory: A Sherlock Holmes Deduction

Sherlock: The Case of the Hidden Tribes

Sherlock: The Case of America's Disappearing Democracy

The Game is Afoot: Sherlock Holmes and the Mar-a-Lago Accord

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Comfort Class

How Dismantling Environmental Protections Endangers Our Future – And Why Conservatives Should Think Twice

Sherlock: THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE BOUNDARY

Sherlock:: The Reign of the Dollar

Expanding Battery Park City: A Thought Experiment for NYC's Future

How Democrats Win Back the Working Class (Without Selling Out)

America's New Class War: The Elites Are Getting Crushed (And They Don't Even Know It)

The Tariff Trap: Why Protectionism Hurts Those It Claims to Help. Tariffs, Rural Woes, and the Price of Protectionism

America’s Tariff Tantrum: Why We Picked the Easy Button in 2025

Sherlock::The Adventure of the Fiscal Enigma

Sherlock Holmes: THE NEW ARISTOCRACY

Sherlock, have you read this book, Neighborhood of Fear?

The American Aristocrat Economy: Monopoly for the 1%, Candyland for the Rest of Us

SHERLOCK: The Texas paradox

The American Aristocrat Welfare System: How the Rich Get Richer (and Stay That Way)

Billions: public goods are untapped wells of profit

Billions: THE ZERO DEBT PLAY

Billions: THE HEARTLAND PLAY

Bobby Axelrod's Take: Single-Family Zoning vs. Mixed-Use Housing—A Billion-Dollar Showdown

Inefficiency isn't just waste—it's a tax. And it's genius because nobody sees the collector. Nobody protests. Nobody votes against it.

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERY OF THE TRADE DEFICIT

the car-centric model might be costlier in the long run

Quadrupling New Housing: A Blueprint for High-Cost Cities

America Wasn’t Built for an Aristocracy—So Why Do We Keep Propping One Up?

Sherlock and Watson in Texas: The Anti-Vaccination Puzzle

The Curious Case of the Shifting Minds: A Sherlock Holmes Investigation into Twitter's Mind Control

The American (tax) Deduction

The Case of the Vanishing Community

Ice Cream or Gym? The Hidden Costs of Our Short-Term Choices

Revamping Our Streets: A Roadmap from Car Dependency to Vibrant, Multi-Modal Neighborhoods

The Economic Boost of Large-Scale Upzoning in High-Cost Areas

Energy Independence: Powering America with American Resources

The American Dream and Sustainability: Practical Solutions for Working Families

American Innovation: Leading in Sustainable Technologies

The Case of the Vanishing Savings: A Benoit Blanc Economic Deduction

Detective Benoit Blanc and the Case of the Rust Belt Riddle

Sherlock Holmes Investigates: The Mystery of the Rust Belt Cities

The Case of the Restricted Dwelling

The American Divide: A Study in Red and Blue

The Case of the Detested Density

The trade deficit persists because the real issue is spending, Watson

A Study in Modern Governance

The Economic Reality Check Nobody Asked For

The Adventure of the Abandoned Constituency

zero-sum thinking (the idea that if someone wins, someone else has to lose) is rising in the U.S. and Europe

Housing policy polarizes us

Is Our Economy Actually "Fossil Fuel Socialism"? Why GDP is a Broken Metric and What We Can Do About It

America’s New Tech Oligarchy: The 21st Century’s Orwellian Reality

When Algorithms Shape Policy: The Hidden Feedback Loops of Social Media

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Effect: How Social Media Splits Your Personality

The Quiet Crisis of Single-Family Zoning: How Suburbia Undermined Our Social Fabric (and Our Fertility Rates)

Can Social Media Be Good for Your Mental Health? Learning from Therapy, Education, and "Shrinking"

Is Our Economy Actually a Giant Subsidy for Polluters? Let's Talk GDP, Green GDP, and Why We Need a Better Yardstick

The Sheer Absurdity of the American Class System

How I Think Landon’s Animation Wheelhouse Makes Those Chaotic Blender Videos

Understanding Congestion Pricing: It's Not Rocket Science, It's Smart Capitalism

The Hermès Handbag of Housing: How Single-Family Zoning is Rigging the Market

The Great Parking Paradox: How LA's Car Obsession is Costing Us a Fortune (and How Transit Can Fix It)

San Diego's Untapped Potential, and the Vision for 10-Million

Your Town is Probably a Rube Goldberg Environmentalist (and It’s a Problem)

The Electric Car Mirage: Why We're Missing the Forest for the Trees in Our Cities

The Oil and Water of Urban Planning: Why Cars and Walkable Homes Can't Mix