This is our frequently-updated four minute introduction to Chicago FIXIT
Chicago can solve violence on it's own.
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Jul 27, 2017
Our Pitch to Chicago Google Developers
Chicago is the poster child for urban violence in America. That's the downside. The upside is that Chicago is poised to solve its...
Jul 14, 2017
Nothing Gets Done
Why Nothing Gets Done in Washington or Springfield
Jun 30, 2017
Greg Hinz - Crain's Chicago Business
Broken government in Springfield and Washington is due to a lack of good old-fashioned dealmakers. In response, I argue in this Medium...
Jun 12, 2017
Set the stage for how America can save its failed bi-partisan, election-centered political discourse
The solution is to supplement this polarizing discourse with issue-centered discourse that de-polarizes politics by making citizens and...
Mar 21, 2017
Chicago Can Solve Violence
How can Chicago solve violence? Think Chicago FIXIT: rule-governed, voter-driven prime time reality TV enhanced by other Chicago media.
Nov 8, 2016
Non-Partisan, Issue-Centered, Outcome-Oriented
This election-eve piece bypassed the question of who would win the election in order to raise and answer a larger and, I think, more...
Jun 13, 2016
Chicago: Tipping Point or Turning Point?
Set in year 2026, this 600-word future history shows how a new kind of political media enabled Chicago, Illinois and the United States to...
Sep 1, 2015
Two questions for Stephen Goldsmith
At a Chicago City Data User Group meeting. Scroll down. Prof. Goldsmith is the author of Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of...
Aug 23, 2015
7 Steps
In Seven Steps: How Bruce Rauner Ended the War for Illinois and Turned Illinois Around An imaginary "Future History" showing how a...
Jun 7, 2015
Outline of proposal for a yearlong AUSTIN YOUTH SUMMIT
A yearlong series of monthly "AUSTIN WORKING TOGETHER" televised town hall meetingsdesigned to reduce youth violence and improve...
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