This is pretty darn cool. Glad to know someone out there is doing something other than buying duct tape and plastic sheeting to prepare for the terrorist attack de jour....
From Ballot Access News: On October 14, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 1294, the bill to let all cities and counties use Instant-Runoff Voting for elections for their own officers. Meanwhile: On October 9, the voters of Cary, North Carolina used Instant-Runoff...
Written by an Australian Dentist. Too good to delete.... To Kill an American You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of...
Back when Colin Powell was Secretary of State he was being interviewed in England by a group of international reporters when a French reporter asked him: "Does America expect to retain control of any of the territory you have conquered...
American Hiking Society Staff at a trailhead in Montreat, NC Jeffrey Hunter is the second from the right, and Jeff Smith is next to him holding the map Autism according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a developmental disability that...
"For why do our thoughts turn to some gesture of a hand, the fall of a sleeve, some corner of a room on a particular anonymous afternoon, even when we are asleep, and even when we are so old that...
The City Council’s Legal and Legislative Committee met with representatives from the city stormwater department, animal control and the McKamey Animal Care Trust this afternoon to iron out the details of a plan to create an ordinance that would require...
“Enter to Grow in Wisdom, Depart to Serve Better thy Country and thy Kind.” A GI Bill for the 21st Century: Loan Forgiveness for Public Service by Ganesh Sitaraman After World War II, the GI Bill helped 2.2 million veterans get an education...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives should be very vulnerable. But it's not -- at least, not right now. art.capitol. Republicans will have a hard time recapturing the House in 2008, analysts say. Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hold on...
Miss Tilly on the porch of her cabin Photo by Ruth Babylon of Virginia Outdoors Foundation Used by permission Matilda "Miss Tillie" King Wood 1918-2007 Next year Appalachian Trail hikers will miss a twenty-year tradition, hot biscuits at Wood's Hole Hostel at the head...
once his tiny hands collected treasure there.his little feet trampled through the creek and the forrest.it's where he grew up,part of the canvas he was painted on.it's the home he took this new jersey girl to one cold november night.it's...
Fortunately in places like Chattanooga, there are churches that don't preach intolerance, so young people can find a safe place to worship. But in other parts of the country, that is not the case. Combine that with the hateful message...
From Paul Krugman: What is it about Mr. Gore that drives right-wingers insane? Partly it’s a reaction to what happened in 2000, when the American people chose Mr. Gore but his opponent somehow ended up in the White House. Both the personality...
I did laundry yesterday and I have to admit I was a bit in shock and over the moon while folding the boy's clothes. I was folding size 4T underwear! Underwear he has worn and is wearing right now......
So the boys got a new joke book, and in it was this joke that I felt would be a good follow up discussion to the highly intellectual debate regarding holstein cows and their involvement in the CIA: "So, did you...
In March 2008, Minnesota Resident Mike Hanson will attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail. While that story in and of itself is not unique, the fact that Mike is blind and will be hiking without a guide dog is. To...
Nearly 17 years ago, Bill Irwin and his guide dog Orient completed their hike of the Appalachian Trail. To read about this remarkable feat, please visit the link below. It contains the NY Times story on Bill's hike...
Crews Search for Autistic Hiker By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Crews combed rugged terrain early Tuesday in the hopes of finding an 18-year-old autistic hiker who wandered away from his parents. For a second night, temperatures dropped to around...
The boys and I had a picnic lunch with our friends followed by a game of golf. It was the first time for all 3 boys. In fact, it took quite a lot of convincing to get them to leave...
Marc Ambinder issued a correction to an earlier estimate that had Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton edging ahead in the number of new donors, when, really, Sen. Barack Obama continues to lead in this count. The latest? "92.5% of all...
Brother Martin, host of the Green Hour on WRFN and blogger at Deep Green Perspective, was supposed to call me yesterday. But we rescheduled for Weds.
Trying work out some kinks on his feed which this site monitors. We may also...
Bill Rice, Stephanie Oswald, Rob Gifford and Me.So, people keep writing and asking me why I don't post photos of myself on my blog. I always feel weird about stuff like that--just like I feel weird about going on vacation...
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