Curious City

MAIN STREET NEEDS REAL SOLUTIONS Poor Main Street, for all its changes and growth and decline over t

SOMETHING FISHY, ON MAIN STREET What, you’re back on Main Street? Whatcha got against Main Street

AND… THE NEW YORKER?! There’s a dying widow in Nigeria who needs your help, dearest one, to res

I SHOULD BE WRITING ABOUT City Council choosing a new member last night (did they? -- this is publis

WHAT’S TO BE DONE? Our city, state, nation, the world. The bad guys seem to be winning. Common sen

ALL OF IT? Pretty much. Most is already gone. Replaced with shiny new buildings. By the time they bu

THE LETTER OF THE LAW The Spirit of the Law. Often, especially in politics, two very different thing

SOME SLIDES ARE MORE FUN THAN OTHERS Around 2008 I finally got fed up with the increasing deteriorat

WE’RE DOING IT ALL WRONG A lot of stuff. Most stuff. Many cities do, I suppose. Bureaucracies can

WHAT A GLORIOUSLY GORGEOUS DAY It was in Santa Monica last Sunday. I needed only a light shirt, unb