Comments on: Name Game: Greenberg on Edifice Complex in NYT

By: New ‘Edifice Complex’ Development: The Use of Force | The Arkansas Project

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:59:56 +0000

[...] Previous discussion of “Edifice Complex” issues in Arkansas here and here. [...]

By: Another Roadblock for “Monuments to Me” | The Arkansas Project

Another Roadblock for “Monuments to Me” | The Arkansas Project — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:22:09 +0000

[...] Based on the incredible resistance I faced in the Arkansas General Assembly when trying to block politicians from naming things after themselves, I had no idea that I was part of a larger movement! Previous post dealing with similar issues here. [...]

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:24:44 +0000

Didn’t the Founding Fathers insert an edifice complex prevention provision into the U.S. Constitution (as amended)?

By: Greenberg: 'It's OK To Disagree With Other People' | The Arkansas Project

Greenberg: 'It's OK To Disagree With Other People' | The Arkansas Project — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:18:18 +0000

[...] Read the whole thing. It’s not Greenberg’s first appearance in Reason—he was profiled last fall. And earlier this week, Greenberg was interviewed by the New York Times about his “Edifice Complex Prevention Act.” [...]

By: don castleberry

don castleberry — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:07:30 +0000

made me wonder how many, and where, schools were named for president Bill?

By: nick cochran

nick cochran — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:44:22 +0000

So no Dan Greenberg Library? I personally don’t believe in school namings at all beyond the name of the town or the street on which it located. If God wanted us to name our schools he would have told us so.

By: Fourche River Rex

Fourche River Rex — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:13:40 +0000

I want a building named after me. Just call me Edifice Rex.

By: David Kinkade

David Kinkade — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:58:30 +0000

We sent off the press release via wagon team in mid-2007, but half died of typhus en route and the rest were killed in an Indian ambush. It was tragic. The worst part was that all of this happened before they’d reached the Pulaski County line.
D.

By: Jason Tolbert

Jason Tolbert — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:55:25 +0000

Good for Dan but isn’t that bill over two years old? Does it take that long for dispatches from Arkansas to reach the New York Times.