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- James Q. Wilson, perhaps the nation's most influential criminologist (though he'd hate that label...), is guest blogging on Vololkh conspiracy this week. Here's a wonderfully ...
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- That and a Cup of Coffee Gets You... Wi-Fi?
- A visit to the cafe at Portland's famous Powell's Books last week gave me a chance to log on to MetroFi's free wireless Internet service. ...
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- The City That Said No to Google
- You can find anything on Google Maps (okay, not anything ). But you might not be able to find the town of North Oaks, Minnesota. The ...
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- Fish, Pigs and Saving the Planet
- Cities fighting to be the greenest in the land should look to Victoria, British Columbia, for some tips. In April, we wrote about cities hiring hiring sustainability or energy directors to encourage departments to turn off lights and shut computers when they're not in use.
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- The Grease Man
- It has come to this: People griping that thieves are stealing leftover French fry grease from the back of San Francisco restaurants. Turns out, there's ...
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- Are Flight Delays Good for Airports?
- from Midway Airport in Chicago after Governing's Managing Technology Conference in Seattle "It's not often that we're this busy at 8:30 in the evening." ...
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- Eliot Spitzer's New Day Job
- You can rest easy: Eliot Spitzer has found a day job. He's apparently working in his father's real estate empire. By all accounts, Eliot Spitzer ...
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- Don't Hold Your Breath for Lower Health Care Costs
- Yesteday, I attended a briefing at the National Press Club here in beautiful downtown Washington, D.C. The subject: Would the health care plans put ...
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- Fusing the Fusion Centers
- from Governing's Managing Technology Conference in Seattle "Fusion centers" have developed over the past few years as places for local, state and federal ...
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- Shave and a Haircut: $150,000
- The city of Houston has had a ban on beards and goatees for its cops since 1993. Now, though, four officers are suing the city to ...
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