New piece at newgeography.com http://bit.ly/b0RnKx Sometimes Bad is Bad. # Utah has a 7.1% unemployment rate: http://bit.ly/9HrOCQ If you listened to those who say policy doesn't matter, you say it was coincidence. # This guy is forecasting a lower homeownership rate than I am: http://bit.ly/9GWcmf . . . → Read More: Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16

Productivity declined in the second quarter. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf Not good. # What's good for the goose is good for the gander. http://bit.ly/aY7M8j # Today's blog "America's Lost Decade" http://www.clucerf.org/blog/2010/08/10/americas-lost-decade/ Or, how to avoid it. # Heading off for a back-country conservation trip. Be back Sunday or Monday. . . . → Read More: Twitter Updates for 2010-08-11

Joel Kotkin has the best analysis yet of California's decline. http://bit.ly/bUfT5j Should be mandatory read for policy makers everywhere. # I blogged on Joel Kotkin's excellent piece: http://bit.ly/8Ymoyp I love the image of the Huns at the gate. #

New op-ed at newgeography.com http://bit.ly/aPBWFV Hey, I didn't pick the picture. # Played soccer with the kids. I'm exhausted, and my knees are sore, but I'm a winner. It was easier with the previous batch, 25+ years ago. #

This blows a few stereotypes out of the water: http://www.goproud.org/homocon-2010/ #