... on the Althouse blog: 1. "Madison schools close for the day to allow teachers to protest Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting budget plan." [I]sn't it interesting how well the students used the internet to organize their political activity? Why not cl... »
"Think about West Side Story and the role fire escapes play in that production. Audrey Hepburn sang 'Moon River' out on a Manhattan fire escape in Breakfast at Tiffany's. How many spy thrillers have featured chases across rooftops and swings from fire ... »
What I really enjoy, my passion in life, is cities. I feel like the 19th century reformer Frederick Howe, who wrote: " I studied cities as one might study art. I was interested in curbs, in sewers, in skylines. I wrote about cities... I dreamed about t... »
