Mass Transit in the Obama Adminstration

The NY Times published yet another insightful and clear-voiced editorial promoting mass transit in the next administration: A Pitch for Mass Transit. Also take a look at This Old House, an opinion piece by David Brooks about the potential for Obama’s infrastructure plan to encourage urbanist and sustainable growth, instead of just going along with [...]

What’s bad for the economy is good for the arts

That certainly  seems counter-intuitive, right?  After all, don’t most artists struggle in the best of economic times?  Who’s going to buy art when they can barely afford a mortgage payment?  All true, all true. However, in the genuine spirit of the arts – which, let’s face it, is not and cannot be concerned with monetary [...]