Author: ColoRambler

(also at DailyKos) LoganFerree at FreedomDemocrats recently pondered  this question, proposed as a hypothetical confirmation question for John Roberts: You’re on a lifeboat, but it can only hold 8 of the original 10...

(also at Daily Kos) Every so often, people argue that global warming and other possible climate change can’t be a big deal because it’s “only 1 degree” or so, every few decades.  After all, if you...

A few years ago, my wife and I got a nice big aquarium and filled it with fish.   Not long ago — probably because of a new PetSmart in the big-box zone — the local fish store we visited went under.  Last...

(crossposted to Daily Kos) Today, Bush announced that he is not going along with the rest of the G8 countries in fighting global warming: “There is no indication that the Bush administration is willing to move in any...

The House gets closer to voting on an anti-flag-burning amendment today. Naturally, this has civil libertarians and others disturbed.  Why should an activity that happens at most a few times a year, and which does no more...