Alan Ehrenhalt

Recent Articles

• Colorado Cooperation
• Jan 29, 2006
• Having written a story for Governing's February issue on coalition politics in Colorado -- and having touted Colorado all year as a state that offers ...

• Uniquely Unicameral
• Jan 1, 2006
• Nebraska's single-house legislative body is unlike any that has existed in any state before or since.

• Patronage Trap Flap
• Dec 15, 2005
• I never know what the reaction is going to be to my Assessments column in Governing when it is published each month. Some months there ...
• 7 Comments

• The Patronage Trap
• Dec 1, 2005
• Patronage and hiring violations are facts of life in almost all governments.

• Are Governors Immune to Second-Term Slumps?
• Nov 29, 2005
• I ran into Tom Cronin, the political scientist, the other day, and he raised a really interesting question that I couldn't answer. The question was ...
• 2 Comments

• The Return of The Grid
• Nov 1, 2005
• After centuries of abuse, gridded streets are finally getting some respect.

• Two Takes on Urban Revival
• Oct 28, 2005
• I find myself pondering a lunchtime talk I heard yesterday by Chris Leinberger, the developer and New Urbanist thinker who's currently involved in recreating downtown ...
• 1 Comments

• Mike and Arnold: Big Spender and Panhandler
• Oct 24, 2005
• I haven't looked at any financial statements from Arnold Schwarzenegger or Michael Bloomberg lately, so I don't know just how rich either of them is.&...
• 1 Comments

• Law, Dog Bites Man
• Oct 17, 2005
• "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the ...

• 2010: A Term Limits Odyssey
• Oct 17, 2005
• Fifteen years ago or so, around the time legislatures were first passing term limits laws, we ran an article in this magazine pondering what life ...
• 1 Comments

• A New View of Sprawl
• Oct 1, 2005
• The conventional wisdom about suburbs and sprawl can change dramatically over time.

• A New View of Sprawl
• Oct 1, 2005
• The conventional wisdom about suburbs and sprawl can change dramatically over time.

• An Honest Federalist
• Sep 6, 2005
• I've been arguing for years that nobody in national politics really believes in federalism--not as an end in itself. Federalism and devolution are just ideological ...
• 1 Comments

• Big Bucks to Buckle Up
• Sep 1, 2005
• Seat-Belt mandates are no panacea, no matter how much money is thrown at them.

• Last Call for Taverns
• Aug 1, 2005
• Chicago's mayor is encouraging citizens to exercise control over seedy bars in their neighborhoods.