Action alert for those who think wolves should be allowed to thrive in the United States. Our illustrious Federal Government has proposed taking gray wolves off the Endangered Species list, letting state fish and wildlife agencies “care” for them. Here’s how that’s done: For instance, most of the nearly 1,700 wolves surviving in the West …
So here’s a guy who runs an outfit in Ohio which is dedicated to eliminating abortions by declaring fetuses persons from the moment of conception, and it’s short of operating funds. Never fear! He’ll just auction some of his personal firearms to raise money to keep his cause alive. Apparently it wasn’t a difficult decision: …
I thought Body Mass Index was measured with calipers and instruments, so when I was told by a doc yesterday that mine was 22 I thought “that’s pretty good, but how does she know?” Aha. It’s a calculation based on height and weight. Well, maybe. I’m up ten pounds since November, all the way to …
“We got Trouble right here in River City,” say a whole slew of normally Republican religious organizations. How come? Because their Congressional allies’ intransigence is about to cost them and their employees a whole bunch of money. How’s that? In the drafting of the bill church health plans were excluded from eligibility for the health …
From Events Winter, 1956, New London, CT. Note the tennis shoes. This is the same man who spent four years with Naval Support Force Antarctica from 1962-1966, wintering over at McMurdo Sound for a 13-month period early on in that time frame. He even has a piece of land named after him there: Cape Timberlake. …
15 years ago I severed the patella tendon in my right knee (gory details here). It was reattached to the kneecap with wire, I recovered, and that was the end of it except for some stiffness that I could ignore. I had full range of motion and still do, and it never really hurt much. …
Clever, these bookstore managers. The other day I bought $36 worth of used books at one store. My cash register receipt was stamped with a $5-off coupon which had a deadline: it had to be used by today. So of course I stopped by there on my way to Safeway this afternoon. And of course …
I hope I have as much regard for the suffering of the Syrian population as anyone else, but even in light of the news that the regime may have used chemical weapons against the rebels I don’t feel very good about the United States supplying them with weapons. Remember the term “Blowback?” We lost a …
Senator Levin was the key figure in removing Senator Gillibrand’s proposal to remove military commanders from sexual assault case investigations and turn that authority over to military prosecutors from the National Defense Authorization bill. Instead, he inserted phrasing which “would require higher-level review of any decision by a commander not to prosecute a sexual assault …
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Just go read Charlie Pierce. I’m a big boy. I am not made of spun sugar. I know my country — and therefore, since we are in an era in which the distinction between civilian and military casualties is as ephemeral as it was in Atlanta, or Dresden, or My Lai, me — has enemies. …