Category Archives: Commentary

THE “R” WORD

June 5, 2006 – 3:40 pm

Can one say — and get away — with the “R” word? Lightheartedly, Edsel Ford, civic leader and board member of the Ford Motor Corporation, asked an audience at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference if they’d tolerate it. The audience chuckled in appreciation, reports the Detroit Free-Press. Ford was describing the new DesignRegionalDetroit [...]

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OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GAP

October 17, 2005 – 10:09 am

ALEX MARSHALL — Can America send a man to the moon? Check. Build a swift, stealthy bomber that can evade radar in pursuit of enemies? Check. Write creative software that will fish through billions of bytes and pull out relevant few facts? Check. But can America routinely build light, airy bridges that cross streams or [...]

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NEW ORLEANS’ CULTURAL ECONOMY: The Key to Renewal

September 30, 2005 – 2:31 pm

BETH SIEGEL (Mt. Auburn Associates) – Optimists say that because the French Quarter remains intact, New Orleans’ tourist economy will survive. Pessimists suggest that the city might need to be leveled. Pragmatists recommend that city officials look to Houston to learn how to develop a “real economy.” Few leaders consider that restoring the city’s cultural [...]

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