Lydia DePillis says Washington, D.C. needs a fiscally-​​​​conservative alternative to the lefty D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, the only think tank focused on the city’s local government. Are participants in marathons and other event-​​​​based fundraisers really donors in the same sense as direct-​​​​marketing donors? Tom Belford says no. Pork Barrel Barbecue has released a barbecue-​​​​scented fragrance. Really. […]

Would urban retail perform better with more inviting windows? Plus: Rand Paul and prudence; whether and how to reduce federal workers’ transit subsidies; spending “cuts”; and a video on Arizona’s immigration law.

Arthur Brooks draws the battle lines in today’s culture war; a good-​​looking transit project in Maryland; must-​​reads on urban policy for conservatives; and how Google destroys office productivity.

Rand Paul tries his hand at a new conservative fusionism in Kentucky; a new budget simulator; making transit pretty and whether to subsidize it; and why conservatives should engage in urban policy debates.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from September 15^th to September 16^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 9^th to August 11^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from June 29^th to July 2^nd.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web on May 23^rd

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from May 19^th to May 20^th.