Archive for January, 2007
Robert Moses Comes to Winston
So Winston-Salem has just decided to level a neighborhood close to downtown to make way for a ballpark with adjacent upscale shopping, restaurants and bars. Chalk another victory for style over substance, wealthly shoppers and sports fans and alcoholics over working class families.Is it still the 60s? I thought the idea of kicking people out of [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2007 under Economics, Winston Salem.
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An Experiment in Amnesia Insurance
[Written on the birth of my iWeb Site.]This is my latest attempt at a weblog. I write this knowing that I don’t intend to make it publicly linked yet, but I will know the URL and be able to refer to it and post to it as I see fit, and will feel more inclined [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2007 under Travel.
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Insured
I’m now worth as much as I make. Being self-employed means that I don’t get things like state disability, worker’s comp, health or dental or vision insurance, or free term life, which most professionals in positions such as mine would be getting as riders to their salary. Additionally, David’s been dealing lately with a very [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2007 under Economics, Health.
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