The northeast. So on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. He later joined fdrs cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a National Chairman of the aclu. He had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if youre a great narrative sports journalism fan. Scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important Academic Freedom case. Some consider him to be the father of the green movement, so he was far ahead of his time on that one. He probably would have gotten a kick out of brooklyn. Art and delaware is a single tax colony where the arden, delaware, was frequented by upton sinclair, and his house in arden was called the jungleo which is a ridiculous pun because his book was called the jungle, and there was this salacious sex scandal that took place. It was played at wharton, harvard, it was played everywhere. So in 19
On the web site for years. Some people believe darrow was the inspiration for some of the monopoly characters. The only problem is that story isnt exactly true. The actual game originated with a the woman. This woman elizabeth mcghee. So who was she . Prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. She had a lot of views. Her father was a gentleman names names names james mcghee who wasnt just an influential newspaper owner that travel with Abraham Lincoln during the lincolndouglass debate and was around for the founding of the Republican Party and was impactful in that. She had also appeared on stage. She wrote short stories and wrote a book of poetry which you can see the plate there for that and she was very impacted by this man henry george. In this room im sure a lot of people know that henry george and in the very short version i am not a henry george scholar is that he was a proponent of single taxpayer amd of this idea you ta
Greenhouses, mr. Monopoly. Most people say Parker Brothers which is now owned by hasbro. And for years the story was this gentleman at the height of the Great Depression and one of americas darkest hours, he goes hours, he goes into his basement and innovates and makes this game and puts Atlantic City properties on it as an almost a vacations during better times. Here is the original patent from 1935. 1935. You can see it looks a lot like monopoly today, the tokens, the board, the property. This version has been on the website for years. Some people believe there was the inspiration for some of the early mr. Monopoly characters. The only problem is that stories are true. The actual game originated with a woman this woman elizabeth mcgee. Prior to inventing prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. Feminist. She had a lot of views on this. Her father was a gentleman named james mcgee who was not just an influential newspaper own
Matters about how work is done, but with essential respect for the delegated role of a faculty and academic policy is critical. I think that we need to be Building Systems that can do that job. I also think that the there is a town here that the governments is worse now than it ever has been. If you look at the literature on governments and the facts on governments over the last half 100 years, it has always been at messy. It has never worked all of that perfectly. Whether we are talking about internal government or external governments boards and legislatures. There is a lot of messiness on both sides of those things. I remember my president saying he came and left the job the same way fired with enthusiasm. He was one of the Great Public University president s. He fell victim to politics. It happens to the best of them then, it happens to the best of them now. I do think what is different now, this is now the peoples business. What we have to be paying attention to now more than i th
Just getting ready to open up here. We have heard reports of sometime between 4 30 and 5 00 so it looks like they are still finishing it up. But well keep an eye on this. Looks like they are opening up a couple of more lanes of the freeway so gene a double fatal accident so again, a double fatal accident in oakland had the potential to really snarl the traffic but looks like chp is getting the upper hand on it. As kiet mentioned, still no official eto. They had hoped by 5 00 but that deadline is passed. Three of four lanes are closed southbound. The accident happened around 16th. The lanes are blocked between broadway and 16th so we are seeing good sized delays from downtown oakland. If you want an alternate, 580 probably the best bet. Southbound nimitz freeway, right now up to 21 minutes between the maze and 238. It hasnt changed much in the last 10, 15 minutes. But if they reopen lanes, that will help the commute across that stretch of freeway. Bart is also another great option. So f