They told him it wouldn’t work, but did he listen? Hell No! (to quote John Boehner): A dramatic series of of aerial images show that plans to build artificial islands to block oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from reaching Louisiana’s sensitive marshland appear to be crumbling. Literally. Two months ago, against the advice of […]
As Chris Cillizza points out there was one big news item last week that got lost in the shuffle – redistricting. Look at this break down of states that will gain and lose seats according to the Census Bureau’s early estimates: States Gaining Seats Arizona (+1)*: Gov. Jane Brewer (R) up in 2010; state Senate […]
So yesterday was the big day to switch to digital television. Estimates have it at over 2 million who were left without television following the switch. I just wonder how many are left with television, but much less television. Let me explain. I live in the country between Dayton and Cincinnati. I am right on […]
Yes I am lucky. I live about 1.5 miles from the school where Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law. So how is this area’s children doing? Poverty levels are down in Hamilton and Middletown, but figures across the rest of Butler County are not as promising, according to data released Wednesday. The U.S. […]
Finally we have a case of identity theft hit someone who might be able to do something: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid discovered this week he was the victim of identity theft after someone used his MasterCard number to charge about $2,000 at a Wal-Mart and other stores in Monroe, North Carolina. The Nevada Democrat […]
While the south cleans up from the catastrophe we call Katrina, I sit here in a soaked Ohio wondering what the President will do to help. The region is already high in the poverty level and the early estimates are at $26 billion in damage. They are saying as many as one million people could […]