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End of 2007, looking forward to 365 Days of Blogging…

Joined Blog 365 today (http://blog365.ning.com/) for the 2008 commitment to blog everyday of the year (Feb 29 is a day off). The beginning of the year is always a good time to make new commitments, and for The Conservative Reader, this is just one of a number of...

Preparing for The Iowa Caucus

At this writing, we have 4 days remaining until the Iowa Caucus. I plan to attend the Republican Caucus in my precinct, and I do not yet know who I will vote for… but I’m narrowing it down. Some background is in order. The Iowa Caucus is conducted every...

Immigration Reform Talk Show Marathon in Des Moines

I’ve known about this for a while and kept forgetting to mention it… and now it’s here (Thursday morning).  FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) is sponsoring a 2-day talk show event (Des Moines Register article) in downtown Des...

Thoughts on Christmas

So, Christmas morning 2007 started with a bright sun on a cold, snow-less ground.  We are staying with family and enjoying a pleasant and relaxing morning.  Gifts were handled last night.  My niece started off the time last night with a reading of the Christmas Story...

More on Paul…

In the Meet The Press interview on Sunday, after Russert plays Paul’s response on CNN regarding the Huckabee Christmas Ad, there is this exchange…MR. RUSSERT:  Do you believe that Mike Huckabee is… REP. PAUL:  Oh, I didn’t say...

Where Have We Been?

Yikes.  The past few weeks have been very busy with preparations for Christmas at home, at church, at work (well, trying to get work done so we can get to our precious time off), and on top of that, I could probably lay out a list of other issues, but now that...

Ron Paul Meets The Press

Tim Russert appeared to hold the upper hand with Paul, although I only got to see part of the program this morning.  I was surprised at how unprepared Paul appeared to be, or if he was prepared, how silly his position is on some of the questions.  The fact...
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