Ideas January 22, 2016 - The Aspen Institute - The Aspen Institute

It’s time to rethink the fire truck.

by Linda Poon at CityLab
The water crisis in Flint is a lot of things, but it’s not a natural disaster.

by Carlos Martín at the Urban Institute
Why aren’t attacks on civilians part of the Syria peace talks?

by Kenneth Roth at Project Syndicate
Americans are bargaining away their innocence.

by Tim Lynch at the Cato Institute
This open-source tool can detect sarcasm online. Really.

by Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica