Features by David Deutsch

2010-03-17	The Bus Stigma My first assignment as a Federal Transportation auditor was an examination of excessive customization of transit buses. Manufacturers were complaining that local …
2010-02-17	Haiti and the Southland Haiti has, for obvious reasons, been on the top of the news cycle lately. There isn’t a lot that can be said about the catastrophe that isn’t strikingly obvious.
2010-01-07	Feeling Warm and Fuzzy With Green IT Making IT green requires a concerted and focused effort by all stakeholders in an organization because IT is a really big consumer of energy and it impacts everyone.
2009-11-30	We Killed the Electric Car Not long ago, I saw an amazing documentary called Who Killed the Electric Car? This film tracked the rise and fall of the GM EV1 electric vehicle …
2009-07-22	The Structurally Irrelevant One advantage to sinking yourself $85,000 in debt and getting a Masters from USC is that every so often you actually learn something.
2009-06-18	Fear the Auditors She squinted, put on her reading glasses and slowly said, “Am I reading this right? Does this say he billed for a … spanking tour?”
2009-05-29	Don’t Fear the Auditors A group of serious people in serious suits with serious looks on their faces comes barging in.
2009-05-14	Malthusian Planning Panic, famine, social unrest, and maybe the return of Gozer the Destructor.
2008-12-17	The Expo Line: What the Hell? Building a mass-transit system in an earthquake zone. Ummm …
2008-10-17	Bubbles, Part II: Green Power, George Carlin and Housing L.A.’s Poor A cabal of ultra-rich people at the top of the economic heap?
2008-07-10	Dutch Tulips, The Boston Massacre, and Housing L.A.’s Poor Economic bubbles (and their associated mass hysteria) are fascinating phenomena.
2008-06-07	Bent Flyvbjerg: Teach Your Kids It’s Not a Dirty Word He’s probably the world’s leading expert on wasteful public works projects.
2008-05-01	Los Angeles’ Mass Transit System Is a Form of Neo-Apartheid “Was that your Civic?” he half-snickered, not even trying to conceal his amusement.