THE CHANCELLORS’S NEW CAR “I’m not coming from San Francisco. I am not a Beverly Hills person,” he said. “Most of my board members never (wear) ties ... and they drive pickup trucks,—and in fact, I will be driving a truck too.” That was the new North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, quoted in … Continue reading Weekenders
Month: July 2012
Hold The Champagne
In spite of what you read in the newspaper, don’t pop any champagne corks and celebrate victory over the dude who wants to dig a gravel pit at the Elkhorn Ranch just quite yet. As Yogi Berra says, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over. The Associated Press reported last week that “Development of a gravel … Continue reading Hold The Champagne
A Sad Time For America
The article I wrote on the Affordable Care Act last week, quoting liberally from information provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, generated about the most response I've gotten on anything I have written on this blog. It's an issue that brings out strong passions, yet it remains one of the least-understood pieces of Legislation ever … Continue reading A Sad Time For America
What Obamacare Does and Doesn’t Do
I am sick and damn tired of all these uninformed, misinformed, sanctimonious President Obama-haters who are using the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, as a whipping post to try to get rid of the President and all Democrats now holding elective office. The elected office holders and candidates, like Romney … Continue reading What Obamacare Does and Doesn’t Do
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