by Art Smith
It’s looking like we’re in for a hard weekend and even into next week… thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail, tornadoes, flooding. Everyone’s wondering if it will be as bad as the floods of ’93. I don’t know, but if it is, I would...
by Art Smith
Just a few reflections on the day… Politics: News reports put Hillary ending her campaign on Friday or Saturday. As usual, I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s sad that Hillary has had such a hard time concluding her campain: “We pledged to...
by Art Smith
Of course, on the last day of Presidential Primary Season, things are so close between Obama and Clinton that different new organizations have differing opinions about whether Obama has clinched the nomination or not. And on top of that, the AP reported this morning...
by Art Smith
Today is the day we decide who will represent our parties for non-Presidential offices. Where I live (West Des Moines, Iowa District 3) we have only one race that matters for Republicans today (US Senate seat, to run against Tom Harkin… 3 candidates in the...
by Art Smith
Senator Ted Kennedy’s surgery today was successful, according to his surgeon, Dr. Allan Friedman. Friedman, Duke’s chief of neurosurgery, did not specify how much of the cancerous tumor he was able to remove. He called the operation “the first...