Archive | September, 2007
Charles Johnson Finally Calls for Open Schedules
Sure, it’s nine months late, but Charles Johnson is calling for Montana’s politicians to make their daily schedules open to the public: In June, Rep. Denny Rehberg started putting his daily schedules in the Internet. Finally, earlier this month, Sen. Max Baucus followed suit. Rehberg and Baucus’ decisions came after lots of pressure from some Montana [...]
Continue reading...Dennis Rehberg’s Continued Dishonesty on SCHIP
29. September 2007
It should come as no surprise that Dennis Rehberg is an opportunistic liar. That’s probably the most accurate pair of words to describe his career. What should be surprising is that Montana’s newspapers keep letting him get away with it. In today’s Independent Record, Rehberg presents an entirely new set of arguments about SCHIP. After seeing [...]
Continue reading...The Life of a Padres Fan
29. September 2007
Did I just watch someone named Tony Gwynn drive in the run that prevented the Padres from clinching a berth in the playoffs? Sigh.
Continue reading...Helena’s Deer: Safe to Live Another Day
27. September 2007
The debate about Helena’s deer problem is sure to continue, following today’s vote by the state’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks department to not allow the city of Helena to begin using sharpshooters to cull the local deer population. Personally, I applaud the decision. Despite a few well-publicized incidents, I find it hard to believe that aggressive [...]
Continue reading...Goodbye Joomla; Hello Wordpress
27. September 2007
I love Joomla. It’s a great platform for things like my class web site and business page, but it’s not so grand as a blogging platform for a number of reasons. The constant changes with the site were part of an effort to make it an effective blog platform, and I just never felt entirely [...]
Continue reading...The IR Applauds…Uh, Itself?
26. September 2007
It says a lot about the quality of the local newspaper that it just published an editorial commending itself for doing in-depth reporting, doesn’t it?
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