History shows that technological revolutions draw out human potential.

Regional/community/economic developer and scholar. Number cruncher. Storyteller. Data whisperer.

A look at data whispers in 2025, with some AI help

A look at interstate trends

A Descriptive Analysis of Geographic Mobility in the United States

Most of the universe is made up of dark matter and dark energy. The majority of everything else is dispersed throughout space as tiny particles.

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Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative

Exploring the characteristics of counties with a high entrepreneurship efficiency.

After a prompt from Senator Ted Cruz, the FCC will be voting to ban using the Universal Service Fund to buy hotspots that can be lent to the public from libraries. This follows a similar action ear…

The new annual fee is intended to crack down on a system the Trump administration says has been used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers.

For vast segments of the American economy it certainly feels that way

Specific race/ethnic groups are driving these changes

When temperatures get too hot to handle, most of us crank up the air conditioning to keep cool. It does the job, but it's expensive and uses a significant amount of energy. But now an innovation by sc...

Despite Trump’s backing, states aren’t giving Starlink the money it demanded.

A galaxy billions of light years from Earth houses what may be the most massive black hole in the universe, equivalent to cramming the full mass of a small galaxy into a single object

Gen Z prefers hybrid work over fully remote and is more likely than older generations to want employees in the office more often.

While significant progress has taken place in reducing the share of homes with no internet access, this progress is still leaving certain households behind.

NAFSA: Association of International Educators is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange.

Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before.

Around $12.9 trillion, or around 8% of all household wealth in the US in Q1 2025. Wealth, also referred to as net worth, is the total value of what people own minus debt like credit card balances and ...

The State of Tennessee released a side-by-side comparison of the new Benefit of the Bargain round of BEAD applications compared to its initial round of BEAD applications conducted before the revise…

Potential impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)

Aside from the ongoing discussion on the pros and cons of remote work, it seems to be here to stay.

What Are They? Where Are They?

When the NTIA made it clear that it was going to change the BEAD rules, I wrote a blog that I called, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the BEAD Bingo Card. That blog listed a range of options for how NTIA…

With 500 Mbps service selling at an average of $57.66, it’s not much pricier than 100 Mbps service, said the Tarifica broadband speed report.

Same dynamics as counties with some interesting twists