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Sadly, there is shockin blogger news. We have learned that Vice President Al Gore is separating from his wife of forty years, Tipper. The shock wears off and we ask if the irony is obvious to everyone? Anyone? The press reports that the couple have simply drifted apart; that there is no crrespondent... Sign in to see full entry.

Occasionally this lecture crops up. Mostly when the intolerant begin to go into mob mentality. OK, here are the facts, look them up and check, please. 1. Nearing zero population growth, America needs immigration. Granted we prefer "legal" but because our government was too dysfunctional to guard the... Sign in to see full entry.

Just so you know, here's my summer schedule. Monday is my last day full time. I work Mondays and a few odd days in June. Then July I go full time again on a 12-month contract (if I'm hired). I remember what we say in AA, that if I put my very best effort forward, and do not accomplish my goal, then... Sign in to see full entry.

Last week while writing about the deep water oil rigs in the gulf, I mentioned that environmentalists who protest off-shore drilling, forced oil companies out to sea; Sarah weighs in on the issue. "This is a message to extreme 'environmentalists' who hypocritically protest domestic energy production... Sign in to see full entry.

OK, we got to the park, there were a hundred young mothers and kids in the wading pool, another hundred park-goers, bar-b-cue'rs, and attendees at the 50th wedding anniversary of the folks of friends of my percussionist, James. Everyone looked at us like we were from Mars when we started. We sounded... Sign in to see full entry.

Just how expensive has the war on terror been? Did we really spend a trillion dollars on Afghanistan already? With no real end in sight, it seems we need to seek alternate strategies. Does anyone remember Jack Ryan? Mild-mannered law professor vacationing in London when IRA thugs tried to kill the... Sign in to see full entry.

We said our good-byes, made the sign of the cross. In a minute you were halfway home, we both knew who was boss. And in the emptiness inside me grew a faith that would hide me from the decades of loss. You were the strong one, always searching for what was right, and I learned from you. I wasn't... Sign in to see full entry.

Oil was 83.00 per barrel three weeks ago; today it is 72.00. There are two reasons why the Gulf Oil Disaster has not sent the price of a gallon of gas to 5.00. BTW, in Des Moines ten days ago a gallon of gas cost 2.69; today it is at 2.43 and falling. First, the supply of the oil reservoir under the... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm quoting here from Clarence Page, a friendly: "If Bush looked inactive, Obama has looked powerless. His news conference was intended to set the record straight or, at least, more favorable to his administration. Yet as political theater, news conferences have not been his best stage. This time he... Sign in to see full entry.