Articles & Talks
Second Opinion: What can Houston teach L.A. about solving homelessness?
The struggle to solve homelessness is getting harder nearly everywhere. Yet recent years have still seen many more victories than defeats. And the biggest victory is in greater Houston, which over the last decade has cut homelessness by more than half. Houston's story holds lessons for Los Angeles.
The Arc of Progress
Excerpts from a talk in the Thinking Forward series at The Willows Community
Teaching race
Love and power
Skepticism vs cynicism
Skepticism vs trust
How extremism works
History of progress
Even government
actually works
environmental progress
Conspiracy theorists
Hurricane Ida showed lessons learned
A lesson from Hurricane Ida that is changing the world
The stories of individual resilience in the wake of Hurricane Ida have been well told - neighbor helping neighbor, heroism from responders, and support from across the nation. But the story of a new, collective resilience needs to be told, too. Ida has been covered as an example and a warning of the rising violence of climate change.
Looking for the light
A March 2021 talk sponsored by High Oaks Inc. highoaksinc.org