The Weekly Standard

Spurred by a desire to increase a wealthy New York village's worth and appeal, a string of politicians spent over 10 years trying to use the power of eminent domain to acquire a private golf course and make it public. Despite Kelo, the push failed.

An eminent domain story from the New Jersey coast illustrates the complexity of the controversial issue.

The Seattle Monorail was supposed to represent the future of transportation. Now the monorail proposal is "a smoldering wreck." What happened?

Fifteen years of the Endangered Species Act has caused a species disaster in California's fires.

Across the nation, rail transit systems are are losing riders money. So why do city governments keep building them?

San Francisco is simply 'The City,'... while Anaheim is "the backdrop for Disneyland, and the center of America's new suburban experiment.

There's no sense in dividing America along urban-suburban-rural lines. We need to look at regions.

Where the hip suburbanites can be found. Details the exploits of "Patio Man" in "Sprinkler City", with his "Realtor Wife" and designer kids.

England's anti-modernist crusade seems to have taken hold: The Village of Pondbury is the new model for environmentally sensible town planning.