Giving you options for links because I’m comradely like that:
Not sure I agree with the thesis or not, but it’s interesting to think about. It’s true that there are lots of very good non-grid cities. I’ve always thought that the main purpose of grids is to be understandable to the human mind, which maybe isn’t that important a goal, and lots of things flow well in a complex way: look at our own circulatory systems.
They aren’t directly connected as far as I know but Chuck Marohn used to write a new urbanist series in the American Conservative. They mainly try to appeal to conservatives with their fiscal arguments and it resonates with some.
Chuck Marohn? The president of their organization as listed on their 990s from 2013-2015?