Daniel Herriges' favorite read of the week:

A Kid at Large in the Center of the Universe

James Howard Kunstler’s worldview and rhetorical style can be polarizing, but he is one heck of a vivid writer, and this latest piece in The American Conservative, titled “A Kid at Large in the Center of the Universe,” is delightful. I’m always surprised how quickly even dyed-in-the-wool urbanists are willing to cede without a fight the topic of children in big cities, as though it were somehow self-evident that Manhattan or San Francisco is no place to be (or raise) a child. Kunstler makes a compelling case that it is a remarkable classroom for a kid to develop curiosity and resourcefulness...

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