My father's discussions of life at the University of Virginia in the mid 1950s often involved parties and social life, and the …
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Radio Orange, Time Travel, and Great Radio
ORANGE - Back in the early 1980s, I went to boarding school in the Virginia country. As typical of so many 14-year-olds, I did not …
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Ivan Illich’s Convivial Legacy
Austrian thinker and Catholic priest Ivan Illich, largely forgotten today, predicted and legitimized a critique of capitalism …
Texas History With the Thaddeus Bell Family Scrapbook
My window into the history of Texas in the late 19th century and early 20th century is a scrapbook from my my Bell ancestors. It …
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Tell Me What Is Right; Persistent Negative Views Hurt Cities
When locals are negative about the economic future of their own towns, watch out. The negative stories and "memes" that are told …
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Sensible Approaches to Passenger Rail in the U.S.
Every few years, federal, state and local planners lay out outlandish plans for high speed rail networks that never seem to go …
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