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Time to Clean the Gutters

We’ve been getting our first rain of the season here in Northern California — it’s officially time to clean the […]

Aristotle taught that every virtuous act or attitude is a balance, or mean, between two extremes. In order to achieve […]

‎Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human […]

In every city, town, and country, there live people long ignored or forgotten. The busy pace of daily life makes our […]

This position of “not knowing a priori” is antithetical to the general model of the architect as hero. This is […]

There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting. Consider this utterly commonplace situation: a man […]

I am pleased to see articles in the press that focus on the consumption-reducing side of conservationism. Sure, buying environmentally-friendly […]

During my studies at Brigham Young University, I often gravitated to the new Museum of Art building during the late […]

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