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L.A. would be great if not for the billboards. That, and teenagers driving Hummers. Oh, tourists, also.
Archive for the ‘Most interesting thing I learned today’ Category
April 3rd, 2008
Category: Commerce and its discontents, Most interesting thing I learned today, The Built Environment, urban policy
March 25th, 2008
The new PM of Pakistan is being sworn in, in English. Sounds odd. Apparently, Urdu is the national language and the language of the Constitution, but English is the official language.
I understand that there’s a lot of resentment against native Urdu speakers and the dread Indian influence, but almost everyone understands Urdu, whereas [...]
March 10th, 2008
I think “to Spitzer” will soon be a verb.
March 6th, 2008
Category: Most interesting thing I learned today
Not what we’d like it to mean, according to Rob MacCoun.
