Cox Crow

A Suggestion for Either Candidate

Now that John Kerry is the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, I'd like to reiterate my recommendation that Bruce Schneier be appointed to either of two positions in the new administration:

• National Security Advisor
• Director of Homeland Security

Of course, in the event of a Bush landslide in the States of Contention, I'd be more than happy if he'd do the same. We need someone in government who actually knows something about security.

11:52:18 AM # Google It!
categories: Politics, Security

Little Town, Little Quiet Village

I'm reading Dolores Hayden's Building Suburbia, an interesting history of the various kinds of suburbs, showing how and why each was built. The sales methods described in the chapter on streetcar suburbs outside Chicago are not far removed from those still in use, whether to sell the Poconos or time-shares outside DisneyWorld.

Her upcoming book, A Field Guide to Sprawl, should be a handy reference for citizens of all stripes. The built environment is one subject where a picture is worth many thousands of words. The images used in Mrs. Hayden's class, The American Suburb, are an unfamiliar perspective on several areas in Connecticut.

By the way, the fifth sentence on page 23 of Building Suburbia is

Transportation technology enabled rival groups of businessmen to push lines out of the city or pull them into fringe areas in order to maximize their investments in land.

10:57:29 AM # Google It!
categories: Place