A federal appeals court struck down a challenge from Georgetown University and other neighborhood groups against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The complaint concerned redesigned flight paths of arriving and departing planes at Reagan National Airport, increasing air traffic over the Georgetown neighborhood and resulting in increased noise pollution. The three judge panel from the…
Minimalism in the Modern World
By: Konrad Rauscher02/24/2015
The last few decades have witnessed the development of a profoundly influential philosophical movement that is tantamount to perceptions of the modern world, but was conceived over a hundred years ago. It has its roots in primitivism, but now reaches into canopy of culture. Although the term “Minimalism“ was first used in 1913 to describe…