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Neal Peirce on Science and the GOP, Roberta Gratz on Hydrofracking II
Sent January 28th 2012

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 28 January 2012 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! Republican environmentalist? Still possible? One wouldn't think it from the party's presidential debates. But William K. Reilly, a splendid public servant and keen mind who...
Neal Peirce on Mississippi Pardons, Roberta Brandes Gratz on Hydrofracking
Sent January 21st 2012

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 21 January 2012 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! The widely publicized news of outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons/sentence suspensions for convicted murderers led me to focus on the entire idea of broad execu...
Neal Peirce on the National Popular Vote, Mark Pisano on the Transition
Sent January 14th 2012

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 15 January 2012 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! An election year, and the totally ridiculous (for our times/all times) Electoral College rears its head again. I wrote my first book, outlining its scary potentials, publishe...
Neal Peirce on Smarter Cities, Curtis Johnson on Oregon's Education Reforms
Sent January 7th 2012

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 07 January 2012 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! America's high tech firms are becoming major players in devising state-of-the-art information and management systems for cities -- both in the U.S. and around the world. The ...
Neal Peirce on Rio+20 and Habitat III, William Dodge on Thai Governance
Sent December 30th 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 30 December 2011 "New Year's Greetings from Citiwire.net! In this Century of the City, cities starting to demand a significant role in important global conferences. Including seats on nation state delegations. The p...
Neal Peirce on Outdoor Holiday Markets, Edward Blakely on Moscow's Emergence
Sent December 22nd 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 22 December 2011 "Holiday Greetings from Citiwire.net! People pouring back onto the streets of America's cities, selecting Christmas gifts crafted by local or regional artisans? What a radical idea in the Era of the ...
Neal Peirce on Drug Reform, Ian Scott on a Meeting of the Regional Minds
Sent December 17th 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 17 December 2011 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! Opening a national debate on marijuana, even as polls show a seismic shift toward legalizing it? On the merits, my column suggests, President Obama should consider it. Firs...
Neal Peirce on the Right to Vote, William Hudnut on Cluster-Focused Models
Sent December 10th 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 10 December 2011 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! The right to vote for all citizens has only been won through generations of struggle -- and now faces its biggest obstacle in decades. A barrage of bills ostensibly designed...
Neal Peirce on HUD Sustainable Communities, David Warm on Federal and Local Action
Sent December 4th 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 04 December 2011 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! How do we create a truly sustainable America? What are the principles? What's the role of the federal government? How does local ingenuity get tapped, magnified? That's t...
Neal Peirce on GOP Justice Study, Bill Barnes on Messy Regional Issues
Sent November 25th 2011

Citiwire.net Citiwire.net 25 November 2011 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! When Sen. James Web first proposed his national commission on the USA's bloated and inefficient criminal justice system, he conferred in at length with fellow legislators and...

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Welcome to Citiwire.net! It's about America's cities today -- opportunities, challenges, including Neal Peirce's weekly column for the Washington Post Writers Group and a parallel commentary by one of his valued Citistates Group colleagues.