Archive for September, 2005

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

The Good Thing: an Update

Life with The Good Thing, our inappropriately-named 1998 VW New Beetle, has been pretty good all told. I thought I’d discuss the good and the bad of Beetledom. The GoodThe car itself is great. Perhaps I’m just out of touch with the market these days, but this not-very-large four-seater whispers near-luxury in its every feature. […]

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Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Katrina vs. The Ice Storm

I’m not usually one for blame and recriminations, especially when a city is as beaten down as New Orleans today. But perhaps a few well-timed kicks on the city while it’s down might illuminate some social and public policy issues. Maybe not, but I haven’t posted anything for a while, and this is what’s on […]

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