May 2011
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Big River of Sound
Time seems about right to listen to this American Routes segment featuring the musical and cultural meanderings of the Big Muddy.
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“What if we think of the public school system as something we own? Proprietors...”
– Some great takeaways (and some very short-sighted) from The Rude Pundit
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“In the aftermath of the huge floods that would cause the main flow of the river...”
– Best resource yet on Mississippi flood control and the effects of flooding, etc. Must read
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“In a strange way the everyday conflict with the (unliveable) city can also...”
– Livable Cities vs Lovable Cities via Financial Times
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“There were some intriguing surprises as well. Most welcome are signs of revival...”
– From Forbes Best Cities for Jobs
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“Another lesson to be learned from the Caracas story is that all those who have...”
– Leebus Woods on the squatter tower in Caracas
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High Water Everywhere →
As the Mississippi is cresting up-river of New Orleans, the Army Corps is planning on blowing up a 2 mile section of a levee protecting Cairo, Illinois in order to take pressure off the wider levee system. Charley Patton, founder of the delta blues, wrote this song about this very thing; except his flood was in 1927, a flood that spawned a whole bunch of songs (including “When the Levee...