Day January 16, 2005

If they can’t drive, how do they get to the polls?

Iraqi officials said Saturday they are considering new measures to protect voters in the Jan. 30 national election, including a three-day, nationwide ban on driving to discourage car-bombings. Other plans include locking down polling stations so that they resemble prisons…

Back into the maelstrom

We end our honeymoon in the wondrous island of Maui and head back to L.A. today where I’m hearing that many major canyon roads are still closed due to the storms last week, thus a trip from the Valley to…

Global warming

UC Davis study shows Lake Tahoe is warming up The waters of Lake Tahoe are warming up at almost twice the rate of the world’s oceans, probably as a consequence of global climate change, according to a new study by…

Futile protest idea of the month

Two new websites, BuyBlue.org and ChooseTheBlue.com managed to attract national attention in the closing weeks of 2004. The site owners classify national chains as either “red” or “blue” based on whether their employees – almost always top executives – give…