For the occasional visitor who checks up on my blog, I wanted to say hello and give a quick update.

I have been traveling in Eastern North America for the past month. In early April I left from Denver, Colorado, and drove eastward. I made stops in Chicago, New York, Montreal, Quebec City, Boston, Cape Cod, and other various other locations in the Northeast. I am currently in Manhattan for a few days. Next week I will drive toward Florida, making stops on the way.

The other important news of immediate relevance is that economist Jeffrey Sachs recently released his second book, Common Wealth – Economics for a Crowded Planet.

I am about a third of the way into the book. So far, Common Wealth is similar to Sachs’ first book, The End of Poverty, except that is slightly less technical, and contains more discussion about population growth and global warming than his first book.