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Jerry Sullivan, the editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Garment & Citizen, was correct in assessing Bratton's tenure when he wrote, "The guy works very hard at every aspect of his duties. It's a habit that can touch other lives as a matter of course."

Jerry Sullivan on police chief Bratton

"Michael Lind is a Senior Research Fellow and Policy Director of New America's Economic Growth Program. Lind's first three books of political journalism and history, The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution; Up From Conservatism: Why the Right Is Wrong for America; and Vietnam: The Necessary War were all selected as New York Times Notable Books."

Mike Hais on his book

"On Friday afternoon at Netroots Nation '09, Simon Rosenberg and NDN Fellow Mike Hais hosted the panel "America's Millennial Makeover." You can watch the entire 60 minute session in the video clip below. The video opens with a five minute intro from Simon, followed by Mike's slides and expert analysis about the values, beliefs, culture and trends of the Millennial Generation."

Mike Hais at Netroots Nation '09

"We often live under the fallacy that things will always be as they are coupled with the delusion that things have always been as they are. We forget that human history is mostly the story of tyranny, oppression, centralization — totalitarianism. The United States of America has stood athwart history for over two centuries. Our moment can pass… not in an apocalyptic way necessarily, but do we really want to be Sweden or France?"

It Must Increase; But We Must Decrease?

"As Reep outlines, the Central Florida city, among other resort towns, has been blacklisted by the federal government to host meetings and conferences because the government wants to avoid sites that “give the appearance of being lavish or are resort destinations.” A new public-sector emphasis to meet in locales such as Chicago and St. Louis hurts places like Orlando and Las Vegas, but Reep brings up another point..."

Orlando’s Tourism Industry Hurting

"JOEL KOTKIN: Rome vs. Gotham. “Urban politicians have widely embraced the current concentration of power in Washington, but they may soon regret the trend they now so actively champion. The great protean tradition of American urbanism – with scores of competing economic centers – is giving way to a new Romanism, in which all power and decisions devolve down to the imperial core. This is big stuff, perhaps even more important than the health care debate.  read more »

"Liberalism without labor unions?: Hey Democrats: Can liberal interest groups and social elites really form the basis of a successful political party? (Michael Lind, Aug. 25, 2009, Salon)"

BrothersJudd.com: I woke up with what?

"Writing from the left, Michael Lind has some pretty sobering words for his fellow liberals today, in a column asking whether or not liberalism is possible without labor unions. His point is that liberal politics today, unlike the recent past, is primarily a matter of social and cultural elites mobilized around issues that appeal primarily to educated urbanites, who typically have little interest in the economic struggles of the working-class people for whom they presume to speak."  read more »

"EVERYONE IN America wants their town to hit the list of the top five places to live in the U.S.—clean streets, amazing mixed-use housing, and an easy walk to the corner grocery. But the question most developers fail to ask is: “At what cost?”"

Searching for a balanced urban growth model. - By Rebecca Horton - Patrol Magazine