Archinect - Features 2024-05-03T14:37:41-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/22836339/contours-the-real CONTOURS: The Real Guy Horton 2011-10-05T12:46:14-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7h/7hn29x6bap0darhw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Let&rsquo;s get real. What we generally call Reality is not something we should lose sight of at this juncture, when our economy is <em>still </em>faltering, protests are erupting in cities across the country (you have heard about this, right?), and conservatives are arguing that taxing the rich will derail the engines of prosperity for all. So much for that &ldquo;recovery.&rdquo; Not in sight.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/20183669/contours-whither-goest-thou-green-economy CONTOURS: Whither Goest Thou, Green Economy? Guy Horton 2011-09-12T11:40:07-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/y2/y200m3q2ycu5mms2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <em>Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?</em><br> --Jack Kerouac</p> <p> Did you tune into Obama&rsquo;s jobs speech last Thursday night? Hopefully, you were too busy putting in unpaid overtime at your office. Or maybe you didn&rsquo;t give a damn because you&rsquo;ve been out there looking for a job, shooting your portfolio into a black hole for months and months.</p>