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Defending Darwin
I’m often asked what I do for a living. My answer, that I am a professor at the University of Kentucky, inevitably prompts a second question: “What do you teach?” Continue reading
City Beautiful
When we say infrastructure, we’re talking not just about bridges, freeways, and sewer lines but the entire suite of townscape and buildings that makes up the human habitat. Continue reading
7 Gentle Ways to Use a Broom in Spring
What do we expect, really, opening wide the doors for spring-cleaning? A raccoon that visits in the daytime is not likely to be rabid; it is just looking for pie and cookies. Fortunately, the broom is at hand. Continue reading
Back to the Land
Not far from Austin, a dirt road winds through patches of bluestem, spiked mesquite, and twisted live oaks on the working Freeman ranch, owned by Texas State University. Continue reading