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Very interesting article passed on by Lighthouse Dave. Make sure to read all the way to the end. The plight of inner ring suburbs with poor public transportation seems the most dramatic.

The Next Slum - Atlantic Monthly

Check out some pics now that we are starting to break from hibernation.

Flickr set

As a regular of the Newhour and other PBS programming I was surprised tonight when Jim Lehrer referred to this recent New York Times article and encouraged people to join in by writing a comment on the article's NYT page. What do you think? Don't write here, write there. . . . . .

NYTimes article

I was involved in the creation of a Prosperity Index for Muskegon County in 2007 and reading this op-ed piece made me think about a lot of the issues what were talked about among the folks trying to put the Index together. At the end it basically says globalization is causing greater prosperity for all, in spite of income and other data. Interesting read. . . . .

NY Times Op-ed

I have it embedded below but for better quality stop the embedded version and click the link. Very inspirational video done by a group of celebrities, led by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, mixing music to the soundtrack of Barack Obama's New Hampshire speech after the Iowa primary.

Click for Yes We Can Barack Obama mp3 for your Ipod or MP3 player. YOu can use the artwork at right. More artwork. More artwork. More artwork.

Click for stand alone Yes We Can Barack Obama video avi file.