In addition to arresting the "Equality Riders" a few weeks ago, NDSP has now arrested or cited several anti-ROTC protesters outside Main. The protesters were from the Catholic Worker Movement, a neo-Communist pacifist group with Catholic roots. It...
Over the past day or so. I have been asked several times. Exactly what Kevin West of Talk Radio 102.3 has been reporting about the Brainerd Wal-Mart incident from last Wednesday Night. I Have also included my own opinion on the subject....
I've been watching the pair of Killdeer at my office all week, and today I noticed that one of the birds was hanging around in one place. At one point I walked out onto the lawn and the Killdeer...
Hello, and Welcome to The Road Patrol. This site is all about bringing you the very latest in Braking News & Traffic from around the Tennessee Valley. Ya, I know what you are saying! O Boy! Just what this area needs...
It's getting to be a real problem here in Chattanooga. The trees have been spewing their sperm for over a week now, and we've seen absolutely no rain in that time. Cars and sidewalks and trashcan lids have all turned...
Some thoughts I've been pondering: Why do I want a fairy tale? I want the Happily Ever After that fairy tales and movies have taught me. This is not Biblical. Why am I disappointed when I relearn over...
WASHINGTON AP- The Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March, triggering an instant veto threat from the White House in a deepening dispute between Congress and commander in chief....
The administration sent out an e-mail to students today notifying them of their decision to deny Soulforce Equality Ride access to the campus. You can read the letter here. Important quote: "We would like to demonstrate care for the Riders even as...
Soulforce's 2007 Equality Ride will not legally step foot on Covenant Campu's soil on Monday, April 2. Students were informed today through an e-mail of the College's decision and reasons for the decision. For the sake of restraint...
so this is my very first official blog. i must say that i feel a little silly doing this as i have been known to make fun of the people who call themselves 'bloggers' in the past. but, considering that...
Yes well, April does bring showers and hopefully wash the pollen off of my car, but I just reliezed today that I had to write my last editioral. Sucks for me, because I'll be out of the school and miss...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week approved the action, under which reservists would report for duty in October and deploy to Iraq early next year, Riehl said. From the 1,800 called, officials hope to get 1,200 Marines for aviation maintenance,...
The pro-choice movement has said all along that legalizing abortion will produce fewer unwanted children. Another common argument is that abortion is a hard decision to make and no one has the right to take that decision out of the...
Yesterday was my birthday. I spent the day in London with two friends from my hometown, Keff and Debbie Beasley. We stayed that night with Martin Skelly, another friend from Roanoke, Virginia whose house in is one of London’s nicest neighborhoods--on...
*Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play. *Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me...
So says Lee Adama in this past Sunday's Battlestar Galactica season finale. Any reasonable discussion of the episode as such will contain massive spoilers, and though I'm not going to talk about most of the usual points of...
Another Brainerd resident weighed in on the "gang problems" in Chattanooga. The following letter was posted on the Chattanoogan.com. Volunteer To Help Solve Gang Problem posted March 26, 2007 In response to the many letters regarding the gang problem in Chattanooga: I will...
Salon.com published an interesting piece today by Gary Kamiya, titled How Bush helped the GOP commit suicide, which is largely based on the results of a long-term study by the Pew Research Center which shows Americans are turning away from...
IKEA Dromkok Originally uploaded by josiahq. This IKEA site for Dromkok is unbelievably awesome. Typically I hate flash websites, but this IKEA Dromkok site is just perfectly designed, focused, elegantly implemented; doing...
Fellas, this could happen to ANY of you in Central or South America. Oesch, cuidado! Watch the 7-minute video. Here's part of the story: Doris Jimenez was killed Tuesday, November 21, 2006, between 11:45 am and 1:00 pm, in San Juan del Sur,...
Saturday night we played on the new playground we helped build. The swings, the slide, the monkey bars, and all the other stuff proved to be as exhilerating at 24 as they were in elementary school.
Josiah and...
I've got a clean slate here. A perfectly white piece of paper. College ruled whiteness just yearning to be scribbled on, but I haven't a thing to say. Metaphorically, I mean... I haven't blogged in a while, mainly because I have...
The House Democratic leadership (which includes people who opposed the Iraq war from the start) decided that it was crucial to pass an Iraq supplemental with a timeline for withdrawal – even a slow one with loopholes – to get...
US Senate: Fight over Troops Brewing Posted in: News, National Bob Deans Cox Newspapers — Senate Democrats are poised to clash with the White House and its GOP backers as early as today over legislation that would require President Bush to...
First day alone without sweet Poppy and Nana. They are greatly missed. The title is for you Grandma. For those of you who don't know, it means departure. A few parting shots from the other day - more to follow....
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