In comment 3 to this post about Denver’s red-light cameras, Dr. Gridlock wrote: “In a community in the state of Washington, in response to red light camera system system proposed by city council, some local citizens started a ballot initiative that would divert the proceeds to funding a congestion and traffic safety program. Suddenly, […]
Back 1971, we were living in Newton Highlands, one of the 13 villages that make up Newton, Massachusetts and that also happens to sit on the MBTA Green Line, the light rail line that runs from downtown Boston to the western edge of Newton (basically route 128). My father worked at MIT Draper Labs, […]
I spoke in an undergraduate class today. As a friend of mine has said a few times about her students, pretty soon you’re going to have to explain to them what the Lewinsky scandal was. This isn’t a comment on the quality of the students, just that the degree to which 19 year olds have […]