A 21st Century Library rivals a Starbucks

I visited a local library recently. It had been just re-opened after a major renovation that took seemingly ages to complete much to the consternation of the residents who felt inconvenienced by this disruption of a tax payer funded public service. Well,  it must have taken ages alright, because I felt like Rip Van Winkle when I stepped inside. [...]

“Freedom Tower” vs. “1 World Trade Center”

What’s in a name? Just about everything. Last week the owners of ground zero decided the  name “Freedom Tower” which was to be used for the most prominent of the several  new buildings being constructed on the site of the terrorist destroyed twin towers just didn’t send the right message and have opted instead to use [...]

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