Blogs

The Dutch town of Drachten reduced their deaths related to traffic accidents to zero after removed most of their traffic lights and traffic signs eight years ago. Intersections previously adorn with traffic lights and directional signs have been replaced with round-abouts (traffic circles). Residents claim that it’s much quicker and much easier to get around town and without all the stopping and starting and signs to adhere to drivers are...

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Isobel Coleman, the author of Paradise Beneath Her Feet, speak at a World Affairs Council event in Dallas. Like Isobel, for most of my career I strategically avoided “feminist” issues. After all, I grew up in a family where it was just as likely for a man to have a PhD as it was for a women and both genders...