luckily, luckily web release

hello everyone: it is the middle of the summer and I am trying to shake off the summer humidity and doldroms to get some work done. For motivation, I am reliving some previous work accomplishments, one of which is now available on the web.

Released in print last year in the University of Virginia School of Architecture's publication lunch was a piece I wrote called: luckily, luckily - a measured exploratoin into globalization, shipping and the movement of goods. It's actually one of the things I've written that I'm most proud of. Certainly, there is much room for improvement but it's pretty decent.

the saga of the Aztec Express

The Los Angeles Times has a very interesting story on the saga of the Aztec Express, a vessel seized off the coast of Haiti. The article brings up many pertinent questions such as: what constitutes ownership, what is nationality in terms of business, and how are national laws applied in the international realm? These might seem like easy questions but in the world of shipping simple issues become complex quickly. And why is shipping important? I will continue to argue that shipping provides the foundation for the modern globalized economy. Certainly, stories like the Aztec Express are the marginal cases but these cases are still pretty amazing.