Monday, July 17, 2017

Voter turnout: Boosting participation the American way

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Problem: American voter turnout is abysmal, trailing most Western democracies . (Photo: Nick Cote for NYT). And it's worse in off-year e...
Sunday, April 2, 2017

Crisis on the K13: World's first technical-innovation rescue (1917)

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For a recent speaking engagement, wanting to feature a high-performance team in action, I devoted the second half of my talk to the emergenc...
Friday, March 31, 2017

I-85 Collapse and the Pipe Question: Using Google's Street View

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In addition to the helpful locational data from Wiki , Google's street view might shed some light on early reports that "PVC pipe...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Tension on the North Korean Border: August 1976

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Adding a bit to the discussions about North Korea. You may have seen a recent long-form piece in the Atlantic about the the DPRK's check...
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Friday, March 3, 2017

Sully, the Movie, and the National Transportation Safety Board

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The National Transportation Safety Board is never far from the news,  given its broad jurisdiction over moving-vehicle mishaps in the civili...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Life in the Early Congress, Part Two: "The most contemptible and degraded of beings"

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In honor of the new political season, I'm reprinting an article I wrote for  Smithsonian  in 1995:      http://www.smithsonianmag.com/...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Life in the Early Congress, Part One: "Every Bad Inclination"

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In honor of the new political season, I'm reprinting an article I wrote for Smithsonian in 1995:      http://www.smithsonianmag.com/hi...