Sunday afternoon was beautiful in San Francisco. I took my bike up some hills to one of the hilltop parks, sat there on the grass looking out at the city in the sun, thinking about how it aught to be. Maybe you wonder what I want out of all this work I'm doing. Here's a round-about answer.

The United States and the rest of the world are in trouble on numerous levels. I'm not being pessimistic. I still think humanity's chances are decent, but I'm not willing to cheapen the gravity of the situation. The way life works now can't go on; cementing the status quo is not an option. I'm a big one for saying, "we can do better than this." Here are some of my specific ideas.

It's a tall order. My idea of what a 20-year agenda might look like, but that's the level I think on. At some point I want to have children. This is the world I want for them... This post continues on my MfA blog.