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Entries from December 2008

Segregated vehicle lanes

December 28th, 2008 · 306 Comments

GM’s failure is a product of our demand. The problem is not that the general public didn’t want efficient vehicles, but that the general public rarely gets on bicycles. True, bicycles may be useful in some cases for short commutes. But the larger picture is that when people ride bicycles around town, the first thing […]

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The future death of William Shakespeare …

December 26th, 2008 · 280 Comments

Well-educated American children are well-indoctrinated of the everlasting genius of William Shakespeare’s work. We are told regularly that his work is one of the pinnacles of the written form. We eventually believe this as dispensed.  We may not read Shakespeare, we may rarely see his work performed, but we don’t doubt the concept. Sure enough, […]

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