How local newspapers can stay relevant
For years now, newspaper publishers have cried the song of lament for the dead-tree paper industry. It’s all for naught, we are doomed, Craigslist and Buzzfeed, et cetera. And many hypercritical trolls...
View ArticleSocial unrest ought to be no surprise
If you want to know why America is entering a period of social unrest, check the following chart. This is participation in the US Government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better...
View ArticleWhat I would do if Ferguson were my client
I use my Facebook group as a sounding post for new and crazy ideas, especially around philosophy and politics. The civil rights situation in Ferguson, Missouri has been a frequent topic because while...
View ArticleWatching Missouri leadership over its head
DATELINE FERGUSONLAND: Today in St Louis, the governor of Missouri stopped by to do a press conference with the St Louis County Police to discuss what might happen in the event of a decision – NOT THAT...
View ArticleThe Ferguson Chess Match – end of an era
I had a sort of epiphany today. The chess match in Ferguson is, believe it or not, already over. It’s mate in two, and the next moves are mostly ceremonial. Take a knight, move a pawn – the game is up....
View ArticleUpdate on the strategic wargame in St. Louis
A few weeks ago I decided to treat the events around the death of Michael Brown like a strategic wargame used by executives to predict actor behavior and potential outcomes in a complex system. I broke...
View ArticleThat moment you realize that Chuck D and Ice Cube were right
In the wake of the failure to indict the police who killed Eric Garner, I wanted to talk about the role of violence and the legitimacy of the nation-state, but instead I need to talk about Chuck D and...
View ArticleLeadership in the era of Wirearchy
I have witnessed the future of leadership in the Twitter timeline of Charles Wade. Mr. Wade, who goes by @akacharleswade, has been a leader and chronicler of the Ferguson movement since the very...
View ArticleFerguson was a failure of knowledge management
There is a cultural and political question that Americans are asking: How could the corruption and abuse detailed in the Department of Justice report on the Ferguson Police department have gone on...
View ArticleContinued police brutality is actually predictable
After Ferguson, it would be easy to think that police departments around America would be on notice to radically improve performance and to bring their every action in line with the rule of law. After...
View ArticleThomas Piketty, Racism, and Why Your Uncle Is Being a Jerk
As ambitious as it seems, I am about to deliver a Unified Field Theory about why your uncle is acting like a complete jerk, or alternately, why racism has reared its ugly, naked head in this very...
View ArticleWhy Forward Through Ferguson is a new approach to government
Fate put me in the city of St. Louis, Missouri as its decades-old system of racially- and economically-segregated apartheid finally boiled over on a sunny Saturday in August. Every tension I had felt,...
View ArticleWhy financial innovation may be the key to eliminating poverty
The post Why financial innovation may be the key to eliminating poverty is from Eric Garland
View ArticleFerguson bonds downgraded to subprime amid lawsuits
In competitive intelligence, you can use bond prices as an indicator for future financial difficulty and thus strategic intelligence. Bondholders are often privy to behind-the-scenes financial reports...
View ArticleSt. Louis, corruption, culture, and change: an eyewitness view
Due to a long-story, this Vermont-native, francophile, Washington DC-denizen resides half-time in St. Louis, MO. I got here in 2010, stepped out of the car, and while my brain adjusted to a climate...
View ArticleRemembering Mike Brown and the Ferguson movement
Three years ago today, I received a message from a friend in St. Louis who told me something was very wrong in Ferguson. The police had shot an eighteen-year old, and he had been lying on the street...
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