here's an idea … ⁽³⁾

The U.S. election system is broken, lifting privileged attention hogs with narcissistic traits up the ladder. Let’s redesign our entire system for choosing our representatives and leaders, from the ground up.

At most busy airports I’ve been to, traffic outside of Arrivals is pure chaos. That seems like an entirely avoidable failure of planning and architecture, and a fixable problem. I’ve travelled far less than many people, but have visited enough large, busy airports to notice a pattern. A traveler’s first meeting with a country or city is often utter traffic madness immediately outside Arrivals. New York’s JFK is the first one that comes to mind when I think of congested and dysfunctional arrival curbs, but it’s hardly the only airport with this problem … In the grand scheme of things,…

I’ve been thinking a lot about holidays lately, and about how to make them enjoyable and sticky — and now how to apply that to Election Day.