Lest I get in hot water with all the parents out there, my short answer is “no.” Now let me explain the question.
I recently learned of a bill coming before the Utah Senate which would fund all day kindergarten throughout the state. Perhaps I am thinking of my own kids only, but I am convinced [...]

I finally committed (financially) to a specific marathon. Late last night I registered for the Days of ‘47 marathon for July 24th. I had chosen that marathon more than a month ago and planned to register on January 1st when I was told that registration would begin then. Unfortunately, registration did not begin on January [...]

I have been thinking a lot lately about how good my life is right now. I have a job I love, a family that keeps me both happy and busy (often happy and busy are the same thing), and the opportunity to do things that I enjoy - such as study politics, blog, train for [...]

Today was my first seven mile workout. Looking forward to it, I knew that I did not want to be counting the minutes for over an hour. I shut my eyes and determined that I would not open them for at least 20 minutes. I needed to keep track of the time so that I [...]

This has been an interesting investigation. I knew, based on the fact that Dennis Kucinich ran in 2004, that this was a candidate who was serious. I found that personally I could probably like Dennis. His position in opposition to Iraq has been a consistent hallmark for Dennis so there was no doubt in my [...]

This is an honest question. In the last 24 hours we have heard the President outline his plan to send more troops to Iraq. We have also heard many people call for various forms of resistance to that plan. John Edwards has called on Congress to refuse to fund the plan. Tom Vilsack has called [...]

I got some good comments from Jason and Denise after my post on the National Do Not Call Registry. I got permission to post some of the comment.
What happens if we follow the personal responsibility road a little further?In the above example, personal responsibility has to be taken in order to get on the [...]

I said I would try to run on the 30th of December to see how my ankle was doing, but I didn’t. I finally concluded (without running that day) that I was going to have to believe what I had read that this kind of injury could take weeks (up to to heal. After [...]

I thought I would follow up to my Title Game post.
Basically, the talk of a Ohio State/Michigan rematch for the title game is an embarrassment for the Big Ten Conference. Both of them lost their BCS bowl games. I think that rust was an issue in both games. Michigan got outclassed by USC but they [...]

After receiving yet another phone call from Dish Network, I have begun thinking about the National Do Not Call Registry. I have been on the registry for a year, and the calls definitely seemed to go down after I got on there, except for the calls from Dish Network - at least eight in the [...]