No habla ingles
posted 10 days ago, updated about 2 hours later | 7 comments
You would have to know that the case would come up in Arizona. In 2006, Arizona voters passed Proposition 103 with 74 percent of the vote that required that all government business be conducted in English.
Nearby, New Mexico is officially bi-li...
Nearby, New Mexico is officially bi-li...
Living in a win-lose world
posted 11 days ago, updated 17 minutes later | 10 comments
Today is practically a national holiday, as millions will watch the Superbowl, the essence of competitive behavior. There is only one winner of a contest that started in September and the winner takes all. Who remembers the losers? Americans like ...
Remembering Minnie Riperton
posted 12 days ago, updated 12 minutes later | 5 comments
After replenishing our kitchen supplies at the grocery store, my wife and I stopped at the Red Box for an afternoon matinee movie in the comfort of our living room. What else do old folks do in a retirement colony? Just for the fun of it, we picke...
Why are people poor?
posted 13 days ago, updated about 1 hour later | 5 comments
Having come from humble roots, I have always been interested in the answer. We toss about the state of being poor as if it were some kind of a physical thing like being short or bald. The government makes an artificial calculation of the economic ...
Mandy Update
posted 14 days ago, updated about 6 hours later | 6 comments
Last summer my wife and I made a decision to replace our beloved West Highland White terrier, Chelsea, who had passed after 12 years of giving us pleasure. Chelsea was the third in a line of Westies that have been a part of our family since 1972. ...
Winning ugly
posted 15 days ago, updated 6 minutes later | 7 comments
For the past two weeks Florida has been subjected to one of the ugliest mud throwing political campaigns in my memory. I suppose the reason was that the Florida vote is the decisive affirmation that will bring the candidates to Tampa next August a...
I am a generous employer
posted 16 days ago, updated 2 minutes later | 3 comments
Architecture is telling
posted 17 days ago, updated 8 minutes later | 4 comments
I love historical fiction. I especially enjoy books that tell a story of a region I have visited. Some years back I spent a few days in the Ozarks, learning about the history and the traditions of these mountain folks who settled the hill country....
The Hispanic vote: Who knew?
posted 18 days ago, updated 7 minutes later | 6 comments
If you want to live in the middle of a political battle ground just come to Florida this week. The robo-calls are driving me nuts and the TV commercials are vicious. I can't walk down the street without the eyesore of campaign signs. I have alread...
Where did I come from?
