Westeros is Poorly Designed

Bring It.

Who Has Claim? 3,000 Years of Religion in the Land Between

Notes on Medieval Population Geography

It’s Kind of Hard to Make It Easy

NOTE: This post will be revised if responses are left offering my suggestions for ways to improve or expand it, or as readers show me places where I’m wrong. So please, go nuts on…

The Great Baby Bust of 2017

Fertility Is Falling Faster than You Realize

Why Are Americans Leaving?

A Tale of Globalization, Taxes, and a Multi-Ethnic Nation

How Long Until We’re All Amish?

Never Gonna Happen, But It’s a Fascinating Question!

Appalachia is Dying. Pikeville is Not.

Deep in Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains, a Small City Finds Success

Regular readers of this blog know that I am always skeptical of “city success stories,” and most recently played a bit of…

No Room at the Inn for Amazon

Such an Enormous Investment Must be Transformative

Avocado Toast Is Ruining This Country

There’s Actually a Fun Economic Truth Revealed in the Furor