The Crisis of Suburbia

Noted economist Nouriel Roubini paints a frightening picture of the future of North American life.   Roubini is one of the few  people who anticipated the current US financial crisis and should be...

Car becomes Burden of Suburbia, Will America call Car Pooling to the Rescue?

Paul Harris in America's love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia (Observer, Guardian UK, July 6th) paints a rather bleak picture of the future of America's landscape as it is now.He reports from the Inland Empire (California) once farmland, now home to...

Living la Vida Local

Pursuing Euro Lifestyle in Suburbia Demands Diligence, Determination OhioNews Bureau COLUMBUS, OHIO: Waking up in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, where my wife and I live, and contemplating how to journey from the quiet, bucolic front porch of my detached condo to Downtown or...

'Rattled' at 50, On March 4, Debra Galant gives birth to 'Fear and Yoga in Ne...

If there is someone who can prove that the online world is not populated only by 20 somethings, the forever young Debra Galant proves that it is never too late to do anything you wanna do. She founded Baristanet a few years back but her proudest achievement might be the...

Are the suburbs anti-green?

The predictions of Jim Kunstler are now being echoed (albeit in subtler tones) about the impending impact of peak oil.  Earlier this year Shell Oil predicted that we will hit peak oil in 7 years. ...

Girls with guns - lots of guns

The second series of the ultraviolent comedy Suburban Shootout aired in the UK on five on Thursday 6 September at 10pm. We've created a fan site where we're tracking reactions from across the blogosphere, posting...

Rob Zombie Remakes HALLOWEEN

"I guess my first question has to be: what’s the point of a Halloween remake?What’s the point of anything?"OK, Mr. Zombie. Enough nihilism for this particular morning (West Coast time)... In a nutshell, Rob...

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