Santi Ruiz
Science and Tech Reporter at The Washington Free Beacon
Editor at Freelance
He was so joly of his joyfnes | Editing @ifp | Writing Statecraft | ☧
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3 weeks ago |
statecraft.pub | Santi Ruiz
Today we talked to Randy Clarke, the head of DC’s Metro system, WMATA. If you’re a transit nerd, you probably know about Clarke — he’s become something of a celebrity for his public presence and disciplined improvement of a transit system that was facing disaster in the aftermath of COVID (and the decision to allow large swathes of federal employees to work from home).
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3 weeks ago |
wisdomofcrowds.live | Damir Marusic |Samuel Kimbriel |Santi Ruiz
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -40:05Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Is tech replacing humanity? Or is it sharpening the question of what it means to be human? What does it mean to live a good life — as opposed to passable life? What features of humanity become more important by contrast and necessity in the technological age? Is it possible to find a higher version of humanity in order to thrive?
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1 month ago |
statecraft.pub | Santi Ruiz
Santi:Hi, this is a special episode of Statecraft. I've got a wonderful guest host with me today. Kyla Scanlon:Hey, I’m Kyla Scanlon! I'm the author of a book called In This Economy and an economic commentator. Santi: Kyla has joined me today for a couple reasons. One, I'm a big fan of her newsletter: it's about economics, among many other things. She had a great piece recently on what we can learn from C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, which is a favorite book of mine.
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1 month ago |
statecraft.pub | Santi Ruiz
Today, we’re taking a look at a predecessor to DOGE: The Reinventing Government project (officially known as the NPR, for National Partnership for Reinventing Government). The NPR ran for almost the full duration of President Bill Clinton’s two terms, and led to the elimination of over 100 programs and over 250,000 federal jobs. Both NPR and DOGE are case studies in a long history of government reform efforts — some more successful than others.
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1 month ago |
statecraft.pub | Santi Ruiz
Last week, we talked to Stephanie Pollack about salvaging a transit project in danger of failure — it was the first in a set of interviews we’re running on transit. Today, we’re zooming out further, and looking at how the federal government funds local transit. I’m excited about the guest we landed. Peter Rogoff spent 22 years as a staffer on the most powerful Senate committee, the Appropriations Committee (on the Democratic side).
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I’ve had a lot of success with this sort of “cucina povera” cooking, but every so often I get too cocky and try like a “bread soup” situation for the wife and get stomped on https://t.co/MsLZesPaRm
RT @ppavnr: And commencement of construction!
They're saying IFP's work couldn't receive expedited NEPA review, because we have such significant impact https://t.co/7n7FxcDAp0
Pretty cool to see @IFP's own @AidanRMackenzie cited in a DC Circuit Court opinion!!! https://t.co/ufhYCqR3Jy
