Kentucky, Indiana Latest Victims of Violent Tornadoes. “Almost 30 million people were put at risk by the early spawning tornado season. The storm “moved like a lawnmower through some of the most beautiful countryside… that we have,” Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said on Sunday morning. Authorities aren’t sure how many tornadoes were involved in Friday’s destruction. … Continue reading
Though they are apparently still fighting over legislative maps that have proven increasingly divisive, the Washington State Redistricting Commission released its map of the state’s ten Congressional districts today, showing that Democrats didn’t quite get the 60-40 split they may have optimistically looked forward to. There may even be a real possibility Washington could be … Continue reading
I’m just little bit caught in the middle, life is a maze and love is a riddle. I don’t know where to go, can’t do it alone I’ve tried and I don’t know why. Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop. Cuz it’s too much, it’s a lot, … Continue reading
As expected, the story written in the Atlantic by Taylor Branch has started quite the discussion. “The Shame of College Sports,” strikes a nerve in many, for several reasons. Yesterday, one person tried explaining to me that people who actually earn, then pay their way through college would obviously have a hard time identifying. That … Continue reading
The four partisan members of the Washington State redistricting commission released their preliminary maps on Tuesday, even though, as Denny Heck says, they probably won’t look anything like the real thing. Just to recap, with its population bump in the last 10 years, Washington picked up a 10th congressional district and will also be tasked … Continue reading
“Their organization is a fraud.” In the most important piece of journalism I have ever read on athletics, specifically college athletics, Taylor Branch, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, illuminates the NCAA, its institutional shortcomings (understatement) and the serious legal, constitution and structural problems of what some have called the largest monopoly in America. Branch is a … Continue reading
