First I read an AP story that seems to give the impression that immigrants eat all kinds of crazy game and unsafe food: Authorities say the discoveries are part of a larger trend in which markets across New York are buying meat and other foods from unregulated sources and selling them to an immigrant population … Continue reading Real food and safety→
Creative Destruction seems to completely misunderstand the results of removing signs from streets, as first mentioned here. Sameer writes: But the question no one seems to address is what impact this has on traffic? Maybe this works in towns where there are only a few cars on the road and traffic is not an issue, … Continue reading Creative Destruction of Signs→
I have seen innumerable articles about the shortness or length of American wars, and heard the Bush administration comments about the War on Terror being an unusually long one, but I have yet to come across a bar graph putting it all in perspective. Since I find a visual helpful, I threw something together to … Continue reading US war in Iraq passes WWII mark→
The BBC has a rather sarcastic but informative comparison of the London and Beijing project management styles: With two years to go until the Beijing Olympics the Chinese government says its preparations are on schedule and on budget. So as London prepares to hold the Olympics in 2012 what can it learn from the Beijing … Continue reading The Olympics and project management risk→