This particular evening, all I planned to add to this blog was a letter. It is a worthy letter; one that I hope many of the visitors to this blog will read. It will still be posted, at midnight. Then ... READ MORE
Husband David Ridenour, whose musings about the news media were published here last month, is wondering now about a few new issues. With so many things "new" associated with the right (i.e., New Europe, new media, and new money), and ... READ MORE
Writing in the Washington Times June 1, Professor Tom Bonnicksen explains how we can do as Smokey Bear advised: We have only two basic choices for dealing with our wildfire crisis. First, we can acknowledge we need, live in and ... READ MORE
An Associated Press report on the case of Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky contains worrisome details: The 10-month investigation against Yukos -- the company Khodorkovsky transformed into one of Russia's largest oil producers -- and its shareholders is seen by many ... READ MORE
If viewing "The Day After Tomorrow" inspires you to take action, let it be this: Go to the Envirotruth website and use the handy form to conveniently encourage Putin's Russia to stay out of the Kyoto Treaty. The Hollywood left ... READ MORE
Something odd is going on over at Taco Bell. Maybe it is a joke by a Taco Bell employee who needs to be replaced. Or maybe the corporation is disfunctional. I know one thing: I'm not putting any of my ... READ MORE
A question from husband David: Is it just me, or has the mainstream media completely lost its grip on reality? International terrorism is at a 35 year low; we've toppled a repressive, aggressive totalitarian regime; we put the architect of ... READ MORE
In the 30 years since its enactment, the Endangered Species Act has emerged as one of the most powerful, and ineffective, environmental statutes on the books. Of the some 1,260 species listed as "endangered" or "threatened" under the ESA, fewer ... READ MORE
Minority activists and environmental experts are joining together on Earth Day 2004 to condemn domestic and international environmental regulations that destroy economic opportunity, encourage neo-segregationist housing policies, endanger public health and generally pit human welfare against regulatory goals. Members of ... READ MORE
At an Earth Day observance in 2003, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) pledged to make "environmental justice" a top priority of his administration should he be elected president in 2004... Because there are diverse views on environmental justice that in practice ... READ MORE
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