I was listening to WMBD this morning before work, and Greg and Dan were grappling with a question I’ve heard several times now about Hurricane Katrina and now Rita. I’ll paraphrase it here: “Are these hurricanes God’s judgement on the sinfulness of the people living/partying there?” That’s a pretty heady question to tackle on [...]

The City Council will be voting on a new fee a week from today (it’s actually on tonight’s agenda, but with a motion to defer until next Tuesday). Here’s the background information from the “request for council action”:

BACKGROUND: While reviewing the process for towing private vehicles, it was determined the Police Department had [...]

If the Cardinals lost the rest of their games this season and Houston won the rest of their games this season, the two teams would be tied. Since the Cardinals won the season series against Houston, the Cardinals would win the tie-breaker. So, technically, their magic number is one, but they’ve essentially won the [...]

Yes sir, only three more years until the Chicago Cubs can celebrate the 100th anniversary of the last time they won the World Series. Start planning now for the festivities! Let’s see, gotta get the Bartman pinata, the spit for the cursed-goat roast, a Harry Carey impersonator . . . .

I don’t know if any of you have been watching the confirmation hearings for John Roberts, but if you have, you know what I’m talking about. They must have said the phrase stare decisis (pronounced star’-ee dis-ice’-us) a million times this morning. Here’s a definition:

A Latin term meaning “to abide by decided cases”; [...]

Well, since I live in a different part of town now, I started looking for a good, neighborhood grocery store to support, so I went to Haddad’s for the first time. There I experienced something that I haven’t seen since I was a little kid: they bag your groceries and carry them to the [...]