Still, red tape
by The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star— The country has a law against red tape, which was later enhanced by another law to promote ease of doing business. There is an Anti-Red Tape Authority. And yet something always gets lost in the implementation of even the most well-intentioned laws in this country.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Letter: Red tape to blame for lack of Maui housing. Time for Hawaii politicians to be real with their constituents instead of pandering to the disadvantaged with their shell game. Displaced Maui residents need housing now. There is no excuse for not providing modular housing like other communities struck by catastrophe, such as Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
The Philippine Star—Red tape spoils tourism in world-famous sandbar. A world-renowned sandbar draws tourists to Cagbalete Island year-round. But a signboard dismayed them this summer. “
Boing Boing—Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars — still amazing 30 years later. Okay, so finally, more than thirty years after it was published, I got around to reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, the first book in an epic trilogy about the first attempt to colonize Mars. I've really loved several of his books, particularly Aurora, from 2015 but Red Mars is the one that put KSR on the map. — Read the rest