habitat for humanity

Within hours of last week's earthquake in Haiti, charities were scrambling to respond to the catastrophe. So too were cyber-criminals, who were looking to exploit unwitting Internet users seeking to donate to the relief effort. It has gotten so bad, the FBI and others have issued warnings to the public.

Every time I see a house torn down, I shake my head at the waste it represents. So much work and resources put into the construction, for such a short life span. This is why the blossoming of the deconstruction industry is such a joy to witness. Deconstruction is the process of unbuilding, taking...

Everything you hear about the "housing crisis" is bad -- people losing their homes, plummeting property values, etc. All the negative press has politicians talking about the need for various bailouts (Of course they don't call them that -- but a rose is still a rose). But as I've written before,...