Baseball
Take me out to the ballgame…and let’s stay the night. So is the new mantra of Major League Baseball. After a period between 1991 and the mid-2010s that saw nearly every Major League team build a new stadium, the pace of ballpark construction over the last five years
Demographics
For most of the last hundred years, the dominant fear in academic and policy circles has been that the world was growing too fast. Too many people, too many mouths, too much consumption, and not enough resources to sustain it all. From the Club of Rome to The Population Bomb,
America
In all formal channels of society, it seems that the glorification of athletes, celebrities, and musicians is on the rise. Media nearly across the board have sympathized with Players Unions in disputes with team ownership at all levels of professional sports, regardless of the issue. They’ve pushed for college
America
His other policies aside, Donald Trump was wrong about one thing: his February 8th, 2020 tweet insisting Pete Rose should be a lock for the Hall of Fame. In 1989 Pete Rose was banned from baseball, and with his shunning lost any hope of ever being enshrined in the Baseball
America
Originally published on New Geography 2017's tragic events in Charlottesville kickstarted a somber debate about the appropriate way to commemorate the war that gave all Americans their freedom. It also triggered a conversation about whether the south’s legacy of rebellion and independence – with slavery a painful and
America
Ballet got more front page news coverage last year than it ever has in decades thanks to an embarrassing controversy involving one of the country's most high-profile dancers who, according to many, couldn't complete a routine. While many are panning the controversy as a disaster for
America
Here are the most up-to-date rankings of the five NCAA power conferences in median academic standards among the schools. For comparison: The Ivy League Average SAT: 1481 Average Admissions Rate: 9% Average Endowment: $16.7 billion The Power Conference Academic Rankings Power Conference #1: The ACC Average SAT: 1313 (1)
America
How would we solve medicine if doctors thought more like economists? Though it has been at the forefront of American political discourse for decades, the fundamental flaws in the economics of America’s healthcare system can only be solved if we undo an oil-and-water philosophical contradiction between two of the
America
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is the macroeconomic theory being used to justify the levels of spending that would be required to support the policy programs of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and the Green New Deal, and it lies in stark contrast to traditional understanding of monetary economics. Nevertheless, it’s
Cities
Originally published October 2013: https://www.newgeography.com/content/003939-cincinnati-bridging-downtown-and-suburbs One of the most contentious under-the-radar mayoral races heated up in Cincinnati on September 10th, with former city council representative John Cranley surging to a huge 55%-37% primary victory over previously presumed frontrunner Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls. The primary