Stilts

My new book, Skating on Stilts, is mostly a meditation on how the technologies we love eventually find new ways to kill us, and how to stop them from doing that.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Smallpox in the garage 2010

When I first saw 'em live, the Stilts were a three-piece, playin 'over their head.

17 dots 2008

When I first saw 'em live, the Stilts were a three-piece, playin 'over their head.

17 dots 2008

Truly unique spaces demand inspired actions -- the Sistine Chapel's stirring height necessitated the vivid colors used by Michelangelo, and the House on Stilts in Lethal Weapon 2 was all like "C'mon Riggs, pulling me down with a truck would f*&%ing rule".

Thrillist: Bar Seven Five: Wall Street Returns To Its Boozy Roots Thrillist 2011

Truly unique spaces demand inspired actions -- the Sistine Chapel s stirring height necessitated the vivid colors used by Michelangelo, and the House on Stilts...

Thrillist: Bar Seven Five: Wall Street Returns To Its Boozy Roots Thrillist 2011

I just got the cover design for Skating on Stilts, my policy memoir about DHS, terrorism, and technology.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 2010 » March 2010

Tonight, 8:00 pm: The Crystal Stilts, who kind of sound like baby of The Doors and The Strokes after a bad breakup in that they live in minor chords and sing apathetically, perform at Black Cat Black Cat, 1811 14th Street NW.

HUFFPOST HILL - Ensign Investigation Won't End Eliot Nelson 2011

The author at Division of Labour in a related article titled Nonsense on Stilts writes:

Oil: Marginal vs. Average Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Our ability to foresee and avert techno-terrorism or bio slip-ups may be more like Skating on Stilts over ball bearings in quicksilver.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Smallpox in the garage 2010

Two sidelights on the arrest drawn from my forthcoming book, Skating on Stilts:

The Volokh Conspiracy » Travel Data Leads to Times Square Bomb Arrest 2010