Better Together brings together a dozen case studies of successful community-building efforts in the United States. The book is an outgrowth of the Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America, a three-year dialogue among leading thinkers and activists about how to build and strengthen the American community (though it bears little resemblance to the Seminar’s [...]

Earlier today, ABC-TV’s The View featured my photography from the Burning Man festival in a segment on “Best Places to Pop the Question.” It was a somewhat vacuous piece, let’s be honest. Who would ever recommend Burning Man as a romantic getaway? The idea is preposterous. Black Rock City is just too hot, too dusty, too crowded, [...]