[Hat tip David Zetland]
In New Mexico journalist John Fleck writes about a court ruling limiting future well drilling for new residents:
“A state court this week threw out New Mexicans’ longstanding legal right to drill a domestic water well without having to worry about whether it would leave less water for their neighbors.
The ruling is a […]
For a while now I’ve been thinking there’s a certain genius to So-Called “Austin Mayor” being interested in (and blogging) both politics and comics. I think it probably helps make the political blogging better because of the mental atmosphere (or whatever you would call it).
Take the observation for what it’s worth.
Due to a surge in “B”-film making caused by the dramatic rise of YouTube, less staffers are available for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. This effect is compounded by the turbulent waters Mitt’s campaign staff navigate daily.
From the New York Times story, “Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency,”
“If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.
That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down […]
If you had wanted someone to play a modern Mark Twain you would be hard pressed to find someone better than Kurt Vonnegut. Not only, like Twain, is Vonnegut the pre-eminent humorist of his time - he even looks the part (see a picture of Mark Twain and one of Kurt Vonnegut).
Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday. America has lost another deep, funny, moral thinker - it is a great loss.
Kurt Vonnegut’s writing has a generousity of spirit, an irreverence for human foibles mixed with a reverence for humanity. A former anthropology graduate student at the University of Chicago (whose novel Cat’s Cradle was later accepted as his Master’s thesis), Kurt Vonnegut understood human ways and needs, treating them with humor and kindness.
[Please read on….]
It’s rare that I say that I’m happy I didn’t read a blog entry by So-Called “Austin Mayor” - in this case his take on the DuPage County Board’s “Strategic Plan” - by not reading it (until recently) we’ve gotten two critical, independent takes on the same topic - and I think both worth reading […]
Austin Mayor is sick today (and apparently has been for at least a few days). I’m actually home sick today too - though feeling better. In solidarity with da Mayor, and hoping he feels much better soon, here is today’s blog entry. You may never look at popcorn, a flea market or […]
Really. But, hey, homeland security is serious business and that’s no joke.
Like many blog readers, I enjoy reading The So-Called “Austin Mayor” Blog.
Like many bloggers, I consider it a great compliment when a blogger I respect posts my content.
Sometimes, however, these two pleasures conflict with each other.
In a case of so-called “tough love” - now that “Austin Mayor” seems to be producing more content you can […]
Soon-to-retire Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan spoke today at a conference titled “The Greenspan Era: Lessons for the Future,” according to the Daily Herald. In the speech Greenspan touted America’s economic “flexibility”, saying it was “our most valued policy asset,” and demonstrating what he meant in a chart reproduced below.
Greenspan’s legacy is […]
