Some of my recent work
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About business
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How the Midwest Will Make America Great. Again.
On the remarkable potential of an underrated region.
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Can Going Big on Eco-Friendly Practices Really Pay Off?
How does green affect companies' operating performance?
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How We Shop Differently on Our Phones
The device you use changes what you buy.
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Who Benefits from Airline Baggage Fees?
Customers hate them. Maybe they shouldn't.
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The Second-Mover Advantage
How late-entering companies can compete with pioneers.
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Marketing Goes Off Script
Strategies for the digital era.
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About nonprofits
Discovery and Loss
Documenting Monticello.
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Making the Grade
A small intervention in the first year of a student's college career can make a big difference in outcomes.
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Foundation Assesses Community Needs with SAVI
Using a social indicators tool to make funding decisions.
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WTTW fundraising campaign brochure
Copywriter (pdf).
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About people
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"Daddy Bill"
Foster parenting to more than 30 children over the past 12 years.
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Start Me Up: Peter Simmie '75
On building a successful business in your 60s.
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Nesting
An award-winning design inspired by bird dwellings.
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Conversation with Steven Durlauf
A University of Wisconsin economist talks inequality.
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A Puritan's Dilemma
Religion, politics, and the agony of David Foster Wallace.
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About politics
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Why We Should Believe Campaign Promises
The case for pragmatism in choosing a candidate.
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How Do Activists Create Change?
It's not always obvious.
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The Left is Already Winning the 2020 Presidential Race
On the issues that will shape the coming Democratic presidential primaries.
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Move Over, Corporate Democrats
A wave of left populism is on the rise.
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The Right-Wing Machine Behind the Curtain
The Heritage Foundations influence on our politics. (Via the New York Times.)
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Inequality Is Off the Charts. Can Local Policies Make a Difference?
Portland, Oregon, tries to make a dent.
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Trump and the Fear of Evil in America
Why Donald Trump appeals to conservative Christians.
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Donald Trump's Unlikely Support Among White Evangelicals
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