West Mifflin Area School District

August 1, 2016 by

Urban Walkability Is the New Measure of Livability

Walkability is the new hot concept in urban planning. A new generation of urbanites and people who would like to the move from the cul de sac life in the suburbs to downtowns are seeking neighborhoods where they can walk to shops, theaters, restaurants and to see their friends. Realtors across America are finding they […]

The Technological Gentrification of Cities

Llewellyn King

Why no jubilation? You’d have thought the agreement between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and President Trump to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure would cause wild celebration. Why, then, didn’t the church bells ring out, the fireboats send arcs of water into the air, and the stock of […]

The Green New Deal — an Imperfect Force in 2020?

Llewellyn King

Not since Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey and The Heritage Foundation cooked up the Contract with America in 1994, has there been such a clever piece of political stagecraft as the Green New Deal. But whereas the Gingrich plan was able to make its way untrammeled through the congressional election and, in many of its goals, […]

For Trump, His Election Was a Hostile Takeover

Llewellyn King

There is a persistent belief that business people are what you need in the Oval Office. It was one of the credentials on Donald Trump’s resume. That, too, may be one of the underlying weaknesses of Trump’s presidency. When Trump was elected, he thought he was the new proprietor of the United States, as though […]