BOSTON — You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.” But let us give credit where credit card is due. Remember back in the 1990s when Hillary Clinton described herse…
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
It's the time of year when those little outdoor eight-legged creatures have begun to seek shelter of a warmer variety (aka, my house). This week alone, I have found several lurking in a corner of the basement here or scurrying along the kitchen floor there.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
I'm positive there is a good movie buried somewhere deep inside "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Sadly though, I looked and I listened and, yes, I even stared, but I couldn't find it anywhere.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
A good friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.
Nov 20, 2009 | 1:45 am | (0) Comments
I saw the other day that George W. Bush is raising money for his proposed policy institute at Southern Methodist University. I did some research and found out that there are something like 3,000 policy institutes, most of them hosting convocations about nothing much and issuing papers no …
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (6) Comments
PHOENIX - In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea. The institute, America's most potent advocate of limited government, em…
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
A new trail leg leading to near Harmon Lake Recreation Area moved a step closer to landing $416,700 in federal transportation funds.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Former President Bill Clinton visited Capitol Hill recently to deliver a pep talk to Senate Democrats. "It's not important to be perfect here. It's important to act, to move, to start the ball rolling," he reportedly told senators. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel sounded a similar…
Nov 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
This summer, I got in a big tussle with my husband Mike over the planning and coordinating of household projects and personal schedules. I can’t really remember the details.
Nov 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
Nov 17, 2009 | 2:00 am | (3) Comments
This Sunday, Nov. 22, will mark the 46th anniversary of the John Kennedy assassination in Dallas. Coincidentally, Kennedy was 46 years old when he was gunned down by Lee Harvey Oswald who fired from the sixth floor of the Texas Sc
Nov 16, 2009 | 2:00 am | (3) Comments
Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Before I went to bed last night I spent some time programming my wake up call. Only once in my life have I missed a plane by over-sleeping, but on several dozen occasions the hotel has failed to deliver the wake up call as requested. This means that I am a poor…
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Before I went to bed last night I spent some time programming my wake-up call. Only once in my life have I missed a plane by over-sleeping, but on several dozen occasions the hotel has failed to deliver the wake-up call as requested. This means that I am a poor sl…
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
The political pundits had a field week with the recent gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey and Congressional elections in New York and California. Depending on their political biases, they each grabbed a different part of the elephant and analyzed it to death.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
Two events this week, half a globe apart, symbolize an important transformation in the focus of U.S. international relations.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
They killed a killer last week.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (9) Comments
There are generally two approaches to crisis management. The worst response is to clam up, become even more secretive and deny or avoid the truth. The best reaction is to face it head on, admit any problems, work toward corrections and move forward.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
A local cafe is expanding while another one is going out of business. In addition to their caffeinated beverages, Cozy Creek Coffee and gifts will be offering customers drinks they can wind down with. The cafe on South 26th Street has received a license to sell beer and wine. They also will …
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Brig. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, a former Bismarck resident, was a noted polar explorer, the first director of the weather bureau, administrator of the Signal Corps and commander of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake relief operation.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
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