What’s Needed Is A Third Option for The Viaduct
This article, published by Seattle PI, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: By contrast, experts consulted by The Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute have filled my e-mail box with analyses that an inland tunnel option would cost $1.7 billion at most. The rest of the article can be found here.
We are in Deep Viaduct
The state-led waterfront project team has told Seattle it must choose between erection of a new, even wider Alaskan Way Viaduct, or (what’s called the “all surface” option) letting city streets absorb a huge stream of trucks and cars that now use the elevated freeway. Some choice. By ignoring the superior economic, financial, transportation, environmental, and aesthetic benefits of a Read More ›
Congress Passes Landmark Slavery Act
Late on Wednesday evening, Congress (FINALLY!) passed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act and by unanimous consent. It sounds like an easy achievement, but behind that unanimous consent lies the fact that this bill took two years to hammer out. Bureaucratic opposition was strong and yet almost mute. Neither side got all it wanted, but the end result appears Read More ›
Viaduct Decision Day Is Here
This article, published by Crosscut, quotes from Matt Rosenberg of Discovery Institute: In this post from the tunnel advocates at Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center, Matt Rosenberg writes: “The Viaduct decision needs to be part of a broader regional plan for time-variable tolling. …” The rest of the article can be found here.
And then there were 2: State picks viaduct replacement finalists
This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: The Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center has pushed for a bored-tunnel option, just inland from the Elliott Bay shore, that would keep the viaduct in place during construction. The rest of the article can be found here.
Take a lesson, Seattle, from Europe
Experts Say Tunnel Costs for Replacing Viaduct a Myth
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement, Cascadia AM Radio Coverage
These two radio segments respectively mention a study done by the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute and contain an interview with Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew. The first segment ran at approx. 6:03 p.m., Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. (Mp3 audio file of full segment). The second version aired during afternoon drive, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2009. (partial .wav audio file).
Ghosts, Aliens and Us
When my wife and I had our twin baby boys circumcised in our home last year, the Hasidic rabbi who performed the bris left us with a surprising parting gift: an amulet for protection against demons. It was a laminated card printed with Hebrew texts including imprecations against Lilith, a female demon of the night. Alluded to in the Hebrew Read More ›