As I prepare to go to sleep early on this post election morning, it would appear that the Democrats are about to capture both houses and a majority of the governorships.  In some ways, that's pretty awesome.  We shouldn't expect to see any more tax cuts for the rich, or any further erosions of our civil liberties.  If another supreme court justice ( Read more... )

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So the Republicans in the state of Michigan have rounded up the most evil looking man I have ever seen run for public office. You can't see it in his photographs, but when you actually see him talk in his campaign ads you can see the evil in his face. He was the CEO of Amway, that venerable institution that makes it's money by getting normal ( Read more... )

It looks like our old friend Al Gore is really starting to say the right things when it comes to environmental policy.  He's addressing the environmental concerns that he ran away from in his 2000 presidential campaign with abandon.  And with his recent speech Read more... )

leaving early saturday morning.  Should be in Canada by saturday night.  Not coming home until I round Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.  Be back in a couple of weeks.

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Interestingly, E.O. Wilson, the greatest living authority on ants, partially attributes the great success of ants over the last fifty million years to the evolution of glands that produce fungicides and anti-bacterials. Of course these chemical countermeasures alone are not the only secrets of their success. Wilson lists as the most important ( Read more... )