bright-ideas
Let's Build a Lot of Crapola Around the Grand Canyon, Say Idiots
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/14 09:24AMShould All Women Become Lesbians?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 03:36PMUnions Should Buy a Fast Food Franchise
Hamilton Nolan · 05/07/14 01:26PM23 Ideas From the New York Ideas Festival
Hamilton Nolan · 05/06/14 12:30PMCan Someone Please "Disrupt" Real Estate Agents?
Hamilton Nolan · 03/27/14 04:28PMInsane New Education Reform Would Require Kids to Learn Things
Hamilton Nolan · 03/11/14 12:54PMOur system of "public education" is at least partially successful at serving its primary purpose, which is to provide free babysitting for children and keep teenagers from prowling the streets during daylight hours. Now, some high-minded reformers threaten to clog up the entire setup by mandating learning.
We Must Build a New New York City Somewhere Warm
Hamilton Nolan · 02/05/14 02:44PMJaywalkers Are Better for Our City Than Drivers
Hamilton Nolan · 01/20/14 12:34PMThe Illusion of a Republican Anti-Poverty Platform
Hamilton Nolan · 01/13/14 01:15PMGreat Investment: Noah's Ark Theme Park Bonds
Hamilton Nolan · 01/08/14 04:38PMBring Back the WPA
Hamilton Nolan · 01/07/14 11:32AMHamilton Nolan · 12/30/13 01:19PM
Good Idea Alert: Why not have a football bowl game that begins at midnight on New Year's day, just after the ball drops? That way you can turn the game on at your New Year's party.
Scrooge the Economist's Idea for Screwing Minimum Wage Workers
Hamilton Nolan · 12/13/13 11:08AMSome Fools Think They Can Improve on The Egg
Hamilton Nolan · 11/06/13 02:44PMFive Ideas For the Next Century of Taxes
Hamilton Nolan · 10/02/13 12:52PMLook, It's a Good Idea About How to Pay for College
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/13 03:33PMBlimps Are Back
Hamilton Nolan · 06/14/13 12:31PMWhy Cats Are Not Good Spies
Hamilton Nolan · 05/08/13 10:30AMSomebody Should Figure Out How to Pay for Journalism, Says Guy Whose Job It Is to Do That
Hamilton Nolan · 03/11/13 08:33AMFor a solid week now, media types have been discussing the ethical and economic quandaries of asking writers to write for free. For—oh, about a decade and a half now, at least—media types have been discussing how the internet might affect the longstanding economic model of journalism as an industry. Now, one of most highly credentialed media thinkers in America weighs in with a proposal: Hey, someone should do something about that.