The house I missed out on

I’ve complained about telephone companies for years, both landline and mobile. Getting hit constantly with fees and rising prices, for such a simple technology that is so ubiquitous, is incredibly annoying. Last  [more...]

This is fascinating: evidently the loss of many public transit systems in the American west are due directly or indirectly to a campaign by General Motors, which, through various front companies, purchased controlling  [more...]

As a former staff member of the Washington, DC public broadcaster WETA, I’ve always been a supporter of the station. But in the last few years, the old familiar staff has given way to a more corporate culture. And  [more...]