Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
‘Catastrophic’ volcano eruption off Yemen – CNN.com TORONTO, Canada (AP) — A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported Sunday. There were no reports of deaths, but at [...]
ESPN – Mosley: Cowboys’ Romo performs high-wire act – NFL IRVING, Texas — Halftime was approaching Sunday at Texas Stadium and Tony Romo had performed his best impression of a mere mortal. But then the Dallas Cowboys quarterback produced one of those you-gotta-see-it plays to add to his growing legend. In the process, he drained [...]
OK, I’ve been laying in firewood for the winter and for the first time I’ve started wondering how much wood I use in a winter.
The Padres lost their last two. The Mets lost their final game. The Phillies won the East, so the Rockies don’t need to worry about them anymore. So it’s down to the Padres and the Rockies who will play a playoff to become the wild card winner of the National League on Monday. As far [...]
A left-leaning (he claims to be moderate) colleague at work excitedly reported to me this past Friday that he had the opportunity to hear a lecture by Alan Weisman, author of a new book called The World Without Us. I listened with a polite smile on my face to his exclamations of how interesting, inspired, [...]
There were a lot of upsets today on the college gridiron. Texas lost. West Virginia lost. Rutgers lost. Oklahoma lost. Clemson lost. Penn State lost. Florida lost. Alabama lost. Wisconsin and USC nearly lost… …all to unranked teams. I guess victors and champions really do need to be decided on the field of play. Please [...]
Well, seems the Padres and Phillies both lost today. That means if the Rockies win tonight, they can still wake up tomorrow morning with some hope of making the playoffs. Go Rockies!
This really isn’t funny… DESERETNEWS.COM – Brain-eating amoeba killed 6 swimmers this year It seemed like a headache, nothing more. But when painkillers and a trip to the emergency room didn’t fix Aaron Evans, the 14-year-old asked his dad if he was going to die. “No, no,” David Evans remembers saying. “We didn’t know. And [...]
Well, Greg Maddux won’t make it to 15 wins this year. His 14-11 record will not extend his already major-league record of 18 seasons with 15 or more wins. But I would be willing to bet he has set a record for seasons with 14 or more wins, just as he already owns the record [...]
One loss, and they are pretty much out of everything. Arizona has clinched a playoff spot and San Diego is now two ahead with two to play and Philadelphia is one ahead. The Rockies can win out now and they have to hope San Diego loses both and Philadelphia loses one for them to even [...]
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