Posted Mon, Nov 21, 12:59 p.m.

Thanks for a very engaging article on an important topic. I appreciated how you used a personal narrative to weave together a story that touched on so many issues. If the federal government ever gets around to funding critical infrastructure needs, it will be imperative that the old way of ...

Posted Wed, Apr 27, 9:31 a.m.

Very interesting article! I think there is an interesting lesson here though. The reporter who used the 'Exxon Valdez' as a measurement did understand something crucially important - it is the need to use image, metaphor and even symbol to communicate the challenges faced by the environment and engage the ...

Posted Mon, Apr 25, 12:29 p.m.

This is a much needed follow-up on what happened in Ballard. Thank you Crosscut for creating such an intelligent and comprehensive discussion on infrastructure that I am happy to participate in. Operations and Management is a huge problem with infrastructure in this country. Once it is built we generally forget ...

Posted Wed, Mar 30, 10:33 a.m.

I have wondered if there is a way to improve the public process to settle on options that would ultimately have better public buy-in. What I think we do now is choose a technology and a solution as the 'top horse' than defend it through the EIS process. This can ...

Posted Wed, Mar 23, 1:20 p.m.

This is a fascinating piece. This is truly a sad investment in infrastructure - not only does it fail to be ecologically smart but it is not cost-effective. Tragically, we have over 70,000 failing bridges in this country not to mention hundreds of thousands of miles of failing water pipes ...

Posted Thu, Dec 23, 1:02 p.m.

This is sad news because deferred repairs become much more expensive repairs at a later date and some things go past the point of fixing. Also given the slump in the construction sector, renovation and remodeling provide vital jobs to a particularly hard hit sector. I'm grateful that Knute does ...

Posted Mon, Dec 6, 12:29 p.m.

Check out the excellent work of Mike Rose 'The Mind at Work' and 'Why School? about the importance of the 'manual' trades in America and the removal of shop classes from our High Schools as well as the deeper aims of a democratic education. Also check out 'Soulwork as Shopcraft' ...

Posted Wed, Oct 6, 8:26 a.m.

Ross Perot's run for President is a compelling example of a third party run - he certainly made the presidential debates much more fun to watch! He raised early concerns about trade & national deficits. But it makes me think most of the Progressive Movement that produced such leaders at ...

Posted Thu, Sep 9, 8:55 p.m.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0618665520100906 The above is a link to an article from 9/6/10 mentioning the Obama Administration's Labor Day announcement of $50 billion for infrastructure that would focus on fixing our existing systems. I had written this article well in advance of that surprise announcement and could not have hoped for better ...