Christopher Swope

Recent Articles

• Working Without Wires
• Apr 30, 2007
• If you're looking for cadres of BlackBerry addicts or Bluetooth-heads, don't look in Corpus Christi. There's nary a laptop computer to be seen on the...

• Big But on Baseball Bats
• Apr 24, 2007
• So much for the conservative crusade against the nanny state. Check out this quote from NYC, where the health issue du jour is baseball bats. ...
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• Queen of the State Blogs
• Apr 24, 2007
• I used to think that I'd keep up on state politics around the country by reading a lot of blogs. This was ages ago, maybe 2005, ...
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• On the Catwalk. On the Catwalk.
• Apr 20, 2007
• He was too sexy for his shirt. He was too sexy for your party. He was too sexy for Milan, New York and Japan. But ...
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• Heads Up: 4.20.07
• Apr 20, 2007
• Baby boomers are less fit than their parents. WaPo Corzine's well-wishers mix sympathy with resentment. NYT WSJ calls FL Gov. Crist's home insurance plan "...

• Heads Up: 4.19.07
• Apr 19, 2007
• Crisis-prep refresher: Vincent T. Covello's 77 questions journalists ask during a crisis. Why governors drive dangerously fast. NYT Joel Kotkin says baby boomers will retire in ...

• The First 100 Days...
• Apr 18, 2007
• How the time flies. The latest crop of new governors and mayors are finishing their first 100 days in office. Is the honeymoon over? Or are ...

• If KITT Were a Bus, What Would He Say?
• Apr 5, 2007
• I've got Knight Rider on the brain. Really, I can't stop thinking about it. I didn't even watch the show much growing up. And I ...
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• The Retail Chase
• Mar 31, 2007
• Next month, legions of retailers, developers, bankers and brokers will descend on Las Vegas for one of the biggest schmooze fests in the world. It's...

• The Retail Chase Q&A: Cynthia Stewart
• Mar 31, 2007
• Cynthia Stewart is director of community relations for the International Council of Shopping Centers. That makes Stewart something of a liaison between local government and...

• The Retail Chase Q&A: Robert Gibbs
• Mar 31, 2007
• Robert Gibbs is a retail consultant based in Birmingham, Michigan, who works with cities as well as shopping center developers. I spoke with him about...

• The Retail Chase Q&A: Timothy Angell
• Mar 31, 2007
• Timothy Angell is the deputy director for community and economic development in Des Plaines, Illinois. He also co-chairs an Illinois committee on public-private partnerships for...

• A Better King
• Mar 15, 2007
• Talk about rebranding. King County, Washington was originally named in 1852 after Vice President William Rufus de Vane King, a plantation slave owner from Alabama. Later, ...
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• Static on the Grid
• Mar 1, 2007
• States that deregulated are trying to make competition work better for consumers and the state's power supply.