Artists to the Rescue

Today the Inky has a very thoughtful front page piece about Philly's growing arts community. Someone has to pay the bills since all the factories closed, and all the new, glittering towers in Center City have materialized only after being granted ten-year property tax abatements (much to the chagrin of us schmucks living in "existing" homes). Now for the hard part, moving into and helping to rehabilitate some very poor and physically dangerous neighborhoods surrounding Center City that have been decimated by over a century of economic and cultural injustices. Makes sense (and restores one's faith in humanity) that cutting edge artists would step in before the government.

Bike Philly Without Having to Compete With Cars This Sunday

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is sponsoring a big event this Sunday. You can register online until 5:00 pm Friday. There's also a pdf that you can download, print, and bring to register at the event.

In a surprise move today, the Supreme Court has ruled that greenhouse gases are actually greenhouse gases and the EPA has the authority to regulate all of the pollution coming out of tail pipes, not just the pollution that existed as pollution prior to 1860.

Nesting bald eagles return to Philadelphia for the first time in over 200 years [despite the best efforts of the Bush-Cheney junta].