Hit and Run and Ignore?

by Art Smith

It took me a few days to figure out I could talk about this story without referring to the AP article… fortunately, a local newspaper (The Hartford Courant) web site covered the story along with the video. I’ve had several people mention this story to me...

Supreme Court: Guns Still In Vogue

by Art Smith

Thank goodness, albeit another split decision, the court came through with a good decision. In DC v Heller, the court ruled in favor of gun ownership. We discussed this case back when arguments wrapped up in April. For those of you that are sure to argue that my...

Supreme Court: Capital Punishment Old-fashioned

by Art Smith

Lyle Denniston at the SCOTUS Blog provides some interesting insight into today’s decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana, a death-penalty case that has now been overturned by the high court. This was a case of child rape. Eight years old. By the her step-father. The...

Kiva Runs Into Some Problems

by Art Smith

This came up a couple of weeks ago.  As you may know, we’ve been supporters of Kiva since last year when we made a loan.  In early June, we got an email notifying us that the loan was officially in default.  This means that we were definitely not going to see...

Follow-up Photos from Des Moines Flooding

by Art Smith

I’ve got two sets of photos to share.  The first are photos from around Des Moines during the peak water levels, including the Raccoon River, Des Moines River, and some creeks. The following photos were taken along the Des Moines River on Thursday, June 19.  The...

One More Apology From Me Today…

by Art Smith

Doh! All of my images have been gone from about noon today until 11:30 PM.  I just realized when I upgraded to 2.5.1, I forgot to reload my backup of the “uploads” folder. I’m really sorry about that.  Everything should be tidy again...