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Bad Day For LA: Roads, Water Quality Among Worst In Nation

Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles


Two unsettling reports about LA's aging, crumbling infrastructure today. According to a report released by transportation research group TRIP, LA's ro...

Bad News on the BQE

Nick Carr | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

Sometimes for a film, you just want to copy down the Google route and be done with it. But this accident I passed on the BQE is a pretty good reason why you should run them at least once.

Fleecing the USA Again: Non-Performance-Based P3 Banker Fees

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business


Michael Likosky

If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.

Meat the Truth

Mikko Alanne | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green


Mikko Alanne

If people know about the massive global damage caused by meat production, why is making a change so difficult? Is it because people don't care? Is it because it's too difficult to give up meat? I'd argue it's neither.

Finally, a Craigslist for Government Assets

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business


Michael Likosky

If you're looking for a good deal on public assets, Allen & Overy LLP, a leading international law firm, has a product for you.

Toll Roads Are Paved With Bad Intentions

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics


Thomas Frank

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god, we were told private businesses did everything better than the state. But something happened on the road to privatopia.

Flailing Dailies: Bye Bye Urban Newspapers?

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media


Harry Moroz

Indeed, city dailies in a tenuous economic state would likely not close their doors completely, but instead would provide only online content or eliminate weekend service.

McCain-Palin: No Plan to Address Worn, Outdated Transportation Infrastructure

Stephen A. LeMay | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home


Stephen A. LeMay

Infrastructure isn't sexy but it's critical to economic well-being. If McCain becomes the next president, he won't do much. Ever. His website and his public statements make no mention at all of the nation's infrastructure and its problems.

Federal Highway Fund Running Out of Money

New York Times | DAVID STOUT and MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


An important account in the federal Highway Trust Fund will run out of money this month, a situation that could hamper completion of road and bridge c...