Policy and Critique

How automotive styling evolved from class marker to mass narcotic, concealing the realities of labor, safety, and social hierarchy beneath a shimmering facade.

The unsustainable water allocations and the precarious future of Western civilization.

The catastrophic failure of the Teton Dam and the dangers of engineering overconfidence.

The massive dams and engineering works that transformed the West, funded by federal welfare programs.

The political corruption and water theft that fueled the development of the American West.

An exploration of the American West's water crisis, from early explorers to modern engineering disasters, revealing the hubris of trying to remake a desert into farmland.

Explore the early explorers who understood the American West's arid nature and the folly of trying to settle it like the East.

Despite repeated disasters, societies fail to learn. This isn't forgetfulness—it's a political choice with predictable beneficiaries.

Pandemics expose fault lines in society and often catalyze lasting political change—for better or worse.

Earthquakes don't just destroy buildings—they expose the quality of governance and often catalyze profound political change.