Unhealthy too? These suburban views are common to many of us. Makes me think of William Whyte’s The Organization Man (1956) For those of you unfamiliar with Whyte’s work, he showed how big corporations of the day sought out the ideal …
I once attended “Barn Again,” an event at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, where participants got to help reconstruct a historic barn within the cavernous great hall. It was a blast. Pegs for mortise and tenon joints ‘n …
[Happy New Year, All!] Mark, a great friend of our son’s, visited all of us gathered at Christmas. He graduated from college nearly 7 years ago, and now works as a detective for the San Rafael, CA, PD. Striking up …
A Millennial’s View – Tesla, the “inexpensive” version Read more »
While waiting a few more days for the New Year… here’s what I think we’ll see in 2017. Top 5: California and China will lead the global green movement as the incoming U.S. federal government leadership seeks what’s clean about …
Great headline from FutureStructure: “Kinetic Tiles Bring New Meaning to Power Walk” See it at DuPont Circle in Washington, DC. Try it there. Or, maybe you walk over it regularly since its dedication last month? Just completed is the installation …
A subsidiary of a U.S.-based international corporation has agreed to plead guilty to 7 felony charges at a cost of $40M, the largest-ever criminal penalty assessed involving deliberate vessel pollution. Princess Cruise Lines managers have been cheatin’ and lyin’ about …
Did notice escape you that legislation was enacted into CA law last week that regulates greenhouse-gas emissions tied to livestock and dairy cow manure management…and organic waste and landfills? Reminiscent of the so-called rain tax (stormwater remediation fee) here in …
(A Happy Thanksgiving to all.)
This quote comes from a recorded interview Hugh Hewitt had with Mr. Trump on September 21, 2015. (No Pinocchios!) And, there have been other interviews to the same effect. Mr. Trump has pledged to cancel U.S. participation in the Paris …
“I’m not a believer in man-made global warming.” –Donald Trump, President-elect Read more »
