Guns

Libya, New York Times Photo

If you go into the hills here in Washington and ran across folk trying out their firearms, I'd wagger it would not look much different than this view in Libya. There is the fellow in the back taking some photos and of course, exchange the huka with a Marlboro.

Empowerment vs. Participation

Washington Redistricting Options

I've always been arguing that one of the most pressing concerns involving the organization of communities has alway been boundaries or the lack there of. Property for the most part is treated as an indicator of economic activity in this country. Unfortunately, economies of scale, along with antiquated zoning decisions, incentivize the consolidation of tracts of property.

Political consolidation is surprisingly similar in fashion as the power brokers parley the high stakes game of redistricting. If one were to equate political redistricting to the manner in which we legislate community development we might have a landscape as the one shown below, but would it be fair?

Re-dundant

Using a word heard frequently this week in the unveiling of Windows 8, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer laid out a "re-imagined" Microsoft. If the contrarian had a penny for each time he heard "re-something or other"...

A dilemma because society finds itself adverse to comprehending change or progress by any measure, by "re-ining", we assuage that we are mostly only molifying existing situations. Redundancy trumps innovation. "Imagine" Microsoft?