Quote for Today: Ray Bradbury
It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with …
Dawn without Memory: ISIS in Palmyra
Last May, the Islamic State took the ancient city of Palmyra. Why should we care that it is being destroyed? ISIS doesn’t have a good track record with UNESCO World …
Quote for Today: Akiba Ben Joseph
The paper burns, but the words fly free. ―Akiba Ben Joseph
Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can’t destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply …
Quote for Today: Iain M. Banks
It was a warship, after all. It was built, designed to glory in destruction, when it was considered appropriate. It found, as it was rightly and properly supposed to, an awful beauty …
Creativity from the Storm: The Flood of 2009
In late April 2009, after days of rain, our neighborhood flooded during a heavy storm. Construction in our area had created vulnerabilities that had not existed in the area before …
Quote for Today: John F. Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind… War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation …
Animated Construction: MEGALOMANIA by Jonathan Gales
Jonathan Gales is a film maker and designer specializing in architectural subjects. He is also a founding member of Factory Fifteen, “a creative studio that works in film direction, production …
Quote for Today: Erich Fromm
The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man’s nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become “Golems,” …
Avoiding Another Bamiyan
The clock is running out for Mes Anyak, a 2000 year old archaeological site near Kabul in Afghanistan. In 2014 it will be destroyed by a Chinese copper mine, which …