Here in the Swirling Epicenter of Hate we have been treated to an event that has had national coverage...way too much national coverage for my taste. As I have told you before, we have earned the nickname for our fair burg because of the many churches and churchy organizations and their enemies and counter groups that seem to congregate here in the shadow of the big hill. One of the biggest churches in town was founded by Pastor Ted and has been very successful at being a church...mission...

Let's get straight right off the bat, I have no knowledge of this incident beyond what has been reported on the news the last couple of days. I wasn't privy to the grand jury transcripts, I haven't heard any testimony. I did hear the edited 911 tape that has been making the rounds but there is not enough there to make any kind of determination. If I heard the reporter correctly, there was a police officer who witnessed the incident and apparently supported the shooter's version of events. Havin...

I heard something on the Fox morning news show that made my eyebrows pass my hairline (thank you, HBW, for that visual). One of the genius experts on the economy was talking about the success of certain proposals in the field of energy costs. He said that we could conceivably see gasoline prices at $3.50 per gallon by the end of summer and that that would be a great victory for the American consumers. Far past the capacity for surprise in this area, I mean we are spending more than $4.00 per ga...