US states and districts in which non-Hispanic whites are a minority. Image via WikipediaAs of 2009 my home state of Texas is a minority-majority state. Now the two largest states accounting for 19.76% of the U.S. population are no...
Today, tooling my way through town at around noon, I ran across an impromptu bike gathering in front of the court house-a whole bunch of us! Q even pop up out of nowhere. It is extra fun when we come...
My sister sent me The Clock via email.
Man this world goes through one hell of a lot of chickens.
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We've recently gotten a few compliments that really made our day. It's been said in different ways, but the message from 3 or 4 different friends has been the same, "You're the most Chinese foreigner I've ever met." Now, that might...
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A proposal to extend Police Chief Freeman Cooper's tenure for three additional years failed Tuesday evening in a 2 to 6 vote by the Chattanooga City Council. The mayor plans to name Deputy Chief Mark Rawlston...
A few weeks ago I was privileged to teach a Masterclass at the annual WPPI in Las Vegas. For the past 5 years Joy and I have attended WPPI and it is an event that we look forward to each...
I love having girls and I treasure these days that they prance around in a mess of clothes and tights and leotards saying,"Pud on the ba-wa-lay music Mama." This happens at least once daily. Nana sent a Baby Ballet DVD...
Jenica Rogers, Director of Libraries at SUNY Potsdam, has written a magnificent blog post about her experience as a new director. Before you continue reading here, please go read it. No, really. Read it here.I met Jenica in Monterey at...
After President Obama signed the recent reconciliation bill into law on Tuesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander took aim at provisions in the bill which will eliminate fees paid to private banks that issue student loans. Under the changes, federally guaranteed loans...
Robin Smith's campaign quickly responded to Chuck Fleischmann's announcement Monday that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee had endorsed his campaign. Referring to the opponent as "Chattanooga collections attorney Chuck Fleischmann," Smith campaign manager Chris Meekins said:
We’re not surprised that Governor Huckabee...
One of my favorite President Reagan stories was told by his former assistant during his post-White House days. Amidst the tales of his thoughtfulness and joy for life, she shared that he would take her elbow and help guide her...
What Would Government Do? Hair bands? No, worse, if you can believe it. During that stellar period of American history known as the Prohibition, your duly elected officials (and/or their appointed lackeys) decided that surreptitiously poisoning alcohol sounded like a...
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