Wednesday, January 2, 2008
To one Iowan who favors Arizona Governor Bill Richardson, it looks like Barack Obama or John Edwards may be the lesser of three evils (Hillary Clinton being the third). The excerpt below comes from a piece on NPR this morning, Iowa Caucuses Do or Die for Some Democrats, by David Greene:
As one of the [...]
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tonight was to be the last of our men’s groups until after the new year. We did not meet this past Wednesday because of Thanksgiving and in classic Scott fashion I forgot to send out the weekly reminder. The consequence was that it was just Bill and me eating my wife’s delicious chocolate-chip [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
“Having stuff hanging from your rearview mirror isn’t worth somebody’s life. We can all relate to what it’s like to be in a car and do something stupid, but as a result, people are reluctant to punish [distracted drivers]. They think, ‘If someone’s dead, what good is it going to do?’ It [...]
Over the weekend I had a few casual conversations with people about the finish of the Tour de France. “They’re all dopers!”; “Who isn’t doping?”; and “Did you watch the drug tour?” were common catch-phrases. I even got flack from family for tuning in to Versus each evening to watch the race. [...]
In this edition of No, Not Again. Seriously, You’ve Got to Be Kidding, Right? You’re Not?!? Oh…Great!, Vino has tested positive for homologous blood doping after winning Stage 13 of the Tour de France. No wonder Americans are turned off by pro-cycling, a once noble sport that clearly has its priorities [...]