Month: December 2009

Not that it is ever good to lose a vote for the Speaker of the House, but that was lost already when Parker Griffith announced this summer that he would not be supporting Pelosi in the next Congress. So, Griffith’s party...

I hate to harp on this, but I don’t expect the Republicans to allow for the expediting of the vote on final passage for health care reform so that members can get home for Christmas. But when you think about the people...

This is the second in the four-part series on my visit to Heifer International projects in Gicumbi District in Rwanda. Crossposted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Holindintwali Cyprien is a 40-year...

Ready for a math nightmare — every US Dollar is 1,800 Ugandan Shillings! Here’s a test for you: if  something costs 51,450 shillings — what is that in US dollars? (No cheating with a calculator…)...

Red State is so stupid that they’re amusing. They are invoking the Declaration of Independence and calling for an insurrection because the Senate parliamentarian ruled that the decisions of the Medicare Advisory Board...