Stories by David Morris
David Morris is co-founder and vice president of the Institute for Local Self Reliance in Minneapolis, Minn., and director of its New Rules project.
We've established a system in which large and growing sums are dedicated to building roads, while small and declining amounts of money are dedicated to expanding transit.
Posted on May 5, 2005, Source: AlterNet
If the public were compensated for the increase in land value that results from public actions, a number of public services, such as transit, could become self-financing.
Posted on Apr 19, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Organized religion elevates superstition to an entirely new level, so let's call its institutions by their proper name: superstition-based institutions.
Posted on Mar 31, 2005, Source: AlterNet
George Bush&'s "ownership society" leaves out the things we actually own -- our bodies, our privacy, our dignity, our bedrooms.
Posted on Mar 7, 2005, Source: AlterNet
China's booming economy is increasingly dependent on imported oil. But unlike the U.S., its strategies to maintain access to oil are farsighted and coherent.
Posted on Feb 23, 2005, Source: AlterNet
A two-tiered strategy for Democrats fighting the GOP majority: Obstruct in Washington and speak up for state and local rights.
Posted on Feb 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet
A recent episode of the popular television drama raised ethanol trashing to an entirely new level.
Posted on Feb 2, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Attacking patients or their lawyers won't cure what ails the health care industry. Insurance reform is a better place to start.
Posted on Jan 10, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The Bush Administration's outrageous behavior at the Buenos Aires climate talks makes it official: the U.S. has become the world's latest rogue nation.
Posted on Dec 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In war, one tries to demoralize and destroy the enemy, seize territory and gain unconditional surrender. Must liberals approach politics as war in order to win?
Posted on Dec 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Is someone to blame for the flu vaccine crisis, or is it really just one of those unanticipated and unforeseen events that disrupt our day-to-day lives?
Posted on Oct 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A look at the voting record of the Democratic Party on Capitol Hill shows that, in fact, the majority of the party has stood up for progressive values.
Posted on Sep 29, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Equating a hybrid with a high-efficiency car was sufficient so long as a hybrid was a high-efficiency car. Enter the Ford Escape – it ain't no Prius.
Posted on Sep 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Catholic Bishops decide that they can withhold Communion from politicians who go against church doctrine – but in practice, denying the sacred rite is decidedly partisan.
Posted on Jun 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Gas prices are up -- bad news for Bush. But once the summer high season is over and prices go down again, the administration could gain the upper hand.
Posted on Jun 17, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Minnesota Republicans want a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Presumably, they believe they'd lose the argument if they had to make it before a judge -- and they'll probably have a better chance communicating via TV ads and from church pulpits.
Posted on May 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The seeds of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism were planted in 1979, when Jimmy Carter decided to fight back against the expansion of global communism.
Posted on May 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, it appears that Canadians, not Americans are more willing to innovate and take risks, at least in public policy.
Posted on Apr 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Have we forgotten that as far back as 1998 there were highly credible people who were telling the White House that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction?
Posted on Feb 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In a reversal of history, a federal court in December embraced the concept of states' rights to assert the right of a state majority to defend its minorities from federal tyranny.
Posted on Jan 25, 2004, Source: AlterNet
As with hybrid cars, Japanese companies are taking the lead in the solar cell revolution, while in the U.S. the private sector waits for demand to build.
Posted on Dec 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet
While Japanese corporations invest in the future by developing and commercializing hybrid cars, American car manufacturers are scrambling to catch up.
Posted on Dec 8, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Which bird better represents America: the eagle, symbol of warrior spirit; or the turkey, which reflects the celebration of peaceful community?
Posted on Nov 26, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Censoring television movies, overturning court decisions, halting construction projects -- just what will conservatives do next?
Posted on Nov 7, 2003, Source: AlterNet
John Paul II has used his long term in office to imprint his remarkably archaic and authoritarian values on the Church.
Posted on Oct 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet
We should acknowledge two linked anniversaries -- the 2001 World Trade Center attacks and the 1973 U.S. brokered, violent overthrow of the democratically-elected government in Chile.
Posted on Sep 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The blackout incident proves that Washington has failed to seriously address a central problem: how to keep essential infrastructure functioning after a terrorist attack.
Posted on Aug 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The most popular energy sources -- sunlight, wind power, geothermal and biomass -- are available at the local and state level.
Posted on Aug 5, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The Dems have a winning issue if they run against the Republican concept of the State.
Posted on Jul 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Monotheism may be humankind's most influential invention. Yet it has arguably done as much harm as good.
Posted on May 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
If the public sector is as efficient as the private, why do we beat up on it so much? Perhaps because we can.
Posted on Apr 24, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Today the world's transportation infrastructure can carry biological threats--such as SARS--much more effectively than Iraqi missiles.
Posted on Apr 11, 2003, Source: AlterNet
With war about to start, the Security Council shirked its responsibility and stood on the sidelines.
Posted on Mar 19, 2003, Source: AlterNet
When the energy industry gets involved, the only green left in the hydrogen economy will be the dollar sign.
Posted on Feb 24, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Free traders rarely discuss the costs of free trade: costs to the democratic process, to a culture, a natural environment or a sense of community.
Posted on Feb 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Canada and most of Europe allow their farmers to grow industrial hemp. Why has the hemp revolution bypassed the United States?
Posted on Jan 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet
There is a remarkable symmetry between the conduct of Kissinger and bin Laden. Both believe that innocent civilians must sometimes be sacrificed to a higher geopolitical cause.
Posted on Dec 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A look back at Paul Wellstone's remarkable record shows what Americans lost today -- the most principled member of the Democratic Party.
Posted on Oct 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
After miderm elections, the saber-rattling will taper off, U.S. inspectors will roam Iraq at will -- and the Republicans will take credit for achieving "peace with honor."
Posted on Oct 2, 2002, Source: AlterNet
In rejecting the Kyoto Protocol, President Bush is unmistakably declaring our support of gluttony and wastefulness.
Posted on Jun 10, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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