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Republicans Adopt ‘Rosemary’s Baby Exception’
Aug 24, 2012 According to Republican insiders, party elders have reportedly capitulated to nationwide demands for moderation in the party's controversial anti-abortion platform.
A Book Runs Through It
Jul 16, 2012 It's not often that we learn of books that have motivated people to act and it's even more out of the ordinary to hear of three such books at the same time -- and how each played a role in the same public event. It's not often that we learn of books that have motivated people to act and it's even more out of the ordinary to hear of three such books at the same time.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn and Our War Against the Wild
Jun 27, 2012 Native Americans join the armed forces in the highest per capita figures of all ethnic groups in this country, defending to the end the place where they were once wild and free.Although Indians won on that day in the greasy grass, the battle was their end of days.
An Open Letter to the Arizona State Legislature: Don’t Stop Now!
Apr 25, 2012 Dear Arizona State Legislature: Lately you've been taking a lot of criticism for "going too far" Actually, as a constituent and natural-born US citizen who takes our rights and privileges very seriously, I don't think you've gone far enough" Actually, I don't think you've gone far enough.
A Day at the Races
Mar 6, 2012 This is about horses and how they saved my family’s life, and how, one day, I would come to repay the favor.
California and the Rapture-Ready Candidacy of Newt Gingrich
Jan 19, 2012 California may be a blue state in terms of voting patterns, but it’s very involved in red state politics, if you consider the role of evangelical voters.
Richard Nixon’s Rosebud: Defrocked President Went Wild for Horses
Dec 15, 2011 Dec. 15 marks the 40th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, a landmark piece of legislation signed into law by Richard Nixon.
9/11 and the Damage Done
Sep 7, 2011 On the day the towers fell, furies flew out of the hole in the ground and like all restless spirits, they headed west I did not realize it at the time, of course, but did have the sense a few days after the dust began to settle at Ground Zero that things had shifted, a feeling that we all had, as if the world itself had gone off its axis.
Look Homeward, Angels: California and the Rise and Fall of America’s Space Program
Jul 30, 2011 While much of the coverage of the end of the space shuttle age has focused on Florida, the launching pad for many missions, it should be recalled that another region of the country was equally important: the Antelope Valley of Los Angeles County and, in particular, the Mojave city of Lancaster.The little-known Mojave city of Lancaster may have been one of the most powerful places in the world.
America’s Mermaid
May 25, 2011 A real-life tale in which I meet the real Gidget, discover an ancient novella and see surfing’s holy grail.