Month September 2007

Larry Craig

Something isn’t adding up here. Se. Larry Craig was convicted on about Aug. 12, but the news didn’t break until the end of the month, which certainly seems a long time. Plus, why did he plead guilty when all that…

City vs. rural attitudes

Six horses escaped from someone’s corral near my friend’s home in rural Utah when we were visiting there Sunday. They ended up near his house, so he called the sheriff’s office and they arrived quickly. I lived in Los Angeles…

Presidential candidate quiz

Which presidential candidate wants no change on US Cuba policy and belongs to an ultra conservative and elitist prayer group in DC? If you answered Hillary Clinton, you’d be right. She also favors the wars and believes in scorched earth…

Subprime crisis will hurt world economy

The CEO of the largest bank in Germany says the US subprime problem will hurt the world economy, something which seems obvious enough. Yet this is not something you’ll hear from CEOs or governmental officials in the US. Why is…

Most ungreen city

We’re flying out of Las Vegas today after a week vacation in Utah and Arizona. Neither Sue nor I gamble, but we did walk down The Strip where the major casinos are. Acres of neon. Bigger is better is the…