My United States Travel Map

Create your own personalized map of the USA. I seem to be unable to resist these doodads. I usually find these little blog memes to be lamely self-referential, and… well, this one is too. But for some reason I don’t care. I find this an interesting summation of personal experience, a little map of one’s … Read more

County Propositions On Track For Approval

Link: GEMS ELECTION RESULTS. At the time of this writing, with 69% of precincts counted, the margin is large enough to say the all the Questions on the ballot have passed. That means that the RTA and the county mental health facility’s funding are both approved. The RTA by a roughly 60/40 ratio, and the … Read more

Arizona Leading the Nation to Clean Elections

What do Bill Bradley, Bob Kerrey, Warren Rudman, and Alan Simpson have in common? Well, besides being former eminent U.S. Senators, not much. But they do agree on one thing: they all admire Arizona’s Clean Elections system and want to bring a similar system of publically financed election to the federal government. They have all … Read more

Rove Indicted for Perjury and Lying to Investigators

Update 5/16/06: Apparently there is still no independent verification of Rove’s indictment. TruthOut’s editors claim two sources near the investigation and are standing by the story. Did the web jump the gun? The political world waits on pins and needles. One thing is obvious: if he ain’t indicted yet, he will be. It has finally … Read more