For the first time in memory, I’m having trouble making myself care about the Super Bowl. It has the potential to be a great game, yet I’m already sick of hearing commenters dissect how the Giants’ vaunted pass rush will match up against golden boy Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. I haven’t made it through an episode of SportsCenter all week.
In our A City Education series, two City Year corps members share their experiences working as tutors and mentors in schools in hopes of closing the achievement gap and ending the dropout crisis. In high school, the back wall of my French classroom was painted with a Paris scene prominently featuring the Eiffel Tower. Instead of a blank wall, I saw a place I wanted to visit.
The New York Times chats up the developer and a few very happy residents of SOL Austin, an affordable, 5.5-acre?sustainable housing development in the Lone Star State built as “an ambitious attempt to upend the conventions of the American subdivision.” The small-ish and minimalist “matchbook” homes (rendering above) in this cul-de-sac community
I don’t know about you, but I plan to spend Sunday eating and drinking beer and watching lots of commercials and eating some more. Oh, and watching some football, I suppose
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There has been a lot of talk lately about the potentially harmful chemicals in conventional?bubble bath products. ?As best, most of these products contain sodium laurel sulfates and petroleum by-products. At worst, they also contain known carcinogens like formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane
With a background in finance and law and four young boys, Anna Hackman was an unlikely candidate to become a blogger who specializes in green building.
Video: A Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.
Welcome to? Make It By Monday , GOOD's weekly DIY feature in which we curate, demystify, and add our own tips for craft projects from around the web (and our apartments).
Filed under: MPG , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , Legislation and Policy , USA , Washington DC Auto Show One of the differences between the Washington Auto Show and car shows in other cities is the almost overwhelming appearance of politicians and government officials.