Sheila Tone, my coblogger on Hit Coffee and a former journalist whose present legal career presently has her doing a lot of work with the disadvantaged, wrote a post on the Rolling Stone article that’s been getting a lot of… Continue Reading
It’s been a little over a decade since Walt, one of my best friends, took his life, and left an emptiness in our lives that persisted for years. I wasn’t there, but I’ve seen it happen in my dreams more… Continue Reading
I just got off the phone with a “pollster.” I put the word “pollster” in quotes because I’m relatively sure that they were working for one of the campaigns in the Garvin/Wannemaker* race. They breezed through all of my thoughts… Continue Reading
Bring a rural doctor, my wife knew going in that it would be different than what she’s done before. When we were in Deseret, there would periodically be a patient of hers that would run into us at Walmart and… Continue Reading
In response to an OTB post (originally about work-life balance, but turning towards decision points and regrets), Rob in CT wrote: I will admit to some second-guessing over an offer my father once made to me: 1) go to one… Continue Reading
As most of you know, I come from a southern heritage. None moreso than the branch of my family that comes from the north. How my grandmother ended up in the south is a long story, but once there, the… Continue Reading
College football has finally acquiesced to a playoff. I’ll be honest, though, that I don’t fully understand how it’s going to work: The group of presidents also endorsed a rotation of the semifinal games among six bowl sites and a… Continue Reading
The color spectrum goes gray-orange-navy-royal-green, based on quintiles. The delineations are congressional districts (from last decade), though there is no reason it had to be mapped that particular way. Click on it for a larger image. UPDATE: Tuesday Hint: Statistics… Continue Reading
David Feldman pushes back against the notion that college is a poor investment: Okay, but the price tag is still very high; is it worth it? Absolutely. A college degree is an asset whose average value is $300,000 to $600,000… Continue Reading
In a recent linky-post, I mentioned a study that suggests that skeptics of global warming are actually more scientifically knowledgeable than believers: Some righties are getting a real kick out of a new study suggesting that global warming skeptics have… Continue Reading