Blogging the Rambler

Found an interesting post on the Washington Post by Katrina vanden Heuvel lambasting the GOP presidential stumpers for being anti-science. But, interestingly enough, she’s got it wrong. In the way they deny evolution and climate change, they’re actually correct. Do … Read More

Stories like this (click) frustrate the heck out of me and show why the current economic mailaise is, at least in part, due to bad news reporting. It’s a New York Times story about the current economic situation, blaming it … Read More

Interesting story that showed up on USA Today (click) about how Sen. Hatch, who has joined the chorus of critics of the Obama administration for helping channel funds to a california solar energy company. It’s an outrageous waste of tax … Read More

Ok, enough is enough. I work at Business Depot Ogden. Ever try to go home from BDO? If you live in western Weber County, you’re good, but one or two of us live in Ogden and, let me tell you, … Read More

Someone asked me “So, what about this occupy Wall Street thing?” Good question. I heard President Obama asked the same thing this morning, particularly why the crooks of Wall Street who brought the country to its financial knees haven’t all … Read More

Some confusion over a Dec. 19 Christmas party at Union Station by the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base led to accusations that Union Station Foundation wasn’t being nice to the military. I won’t rehash it all here … Read More

Just saw this story in the NYTimes speculating on whether Ms. Governor-of-Alaska-for-a-while Sarah Palin will announce she is running for president. I am fascinated that Utah’s Oct. 15 deadline for a list of potential candidates is the first hint that … Read More

Got an email from something called the Consumer Alliance for Global Prosperity, which is a thinly disguised slam at anything environmental. One particularly egregious item on its alert list is the following: It was one of Senator Barack Obama’s more … Read More

Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Mike Lee and others  have an op-ed in today’s paper expounding on a favorite idea of conservatives:  Quit taking Utah’s gasoline tax dollars and then giving them back to us for federal road projects. Let … Read More