Benjamin Espen
The Cold War Origins of Suburban Sprawl
Following up on yesterday’s post about the numbering of the Interstate Highway system, friend of the blog Isegoria turns up more pieces of evidence of my contention that suburban sprawl, mortgages, and zoning were all driven by Cold War policy. That isn’t the sole reason of course, but
Orient yourself
The Interstate Highway system is easy to understand, once you know its principles.
Not listed here, there are also standard nomenclatures for spurs and loops, and also there are smaller Interstates such as I-17, which connects I-10 and I-40 between Phoenix and Flagstaff. The number makes sense, since it is
Linkfest 2022-02-18: Ruining of Mountains
The Roman mining technique Ruina Montium is an impressive bit of applied engineering.
Kirk Dunston: Why Sexual Morality May Be More Important Than You Thought
An application of J. D. Unwin’s Sex and Culture to the West, 40 years after the sexual revolution. Unwin’s book was published in
Madonna and Child
Linkfest 2022-02-11: OG Conan
Voidpunk: The Original Conan Stories of Robert E. Howard
The three illustrated volumes of Conan the Barbarian [Amazon link] published by Random House were my literary introduction to both Conan and Howard’s work in general. I highly recommend these volumes. I mentioned these in another Linkfest three years ago.