Hey, where did summer go?

So, looks like the heat wave has eased up a little. – Ronan MacScottie We had a couple posts over the weekend at S&R on the current drought in Colorado and whether or not this might the year that the state finally burns to the ground.

The Colorado Wildfires – An Open Letter to Our Damned Governor

My fiancée, Angela, was talking about our genius governor earlier today, and she made a really good point about his widely reported comments on the current wildfires. Let me elaborate on her thoughts in my own brief open letter to the Honorable Bill Owens. Dear Governor Owens, On behalf of all the citizens of Colorado, [...]

What a Difference a Century Makes

A friend passed along this interesting list of US statistics for the year 1905. You can find the list reproduced in several places around the Web, and I have no idea about the original source. For that matter, I can’t swear that any of it is even accurate, although most of it seems about right. [...]