While perusing the April10.org website to find out the particulars of today’s march, I looked at their map of the United States, which is an attention-grabbing graphic. Then I noticed something peculiar: the map has Utah divided into two states. The border line seems to be at the south end of the Salt Lake valley, …
After a long drive up from DC, sprite and I, along with Sam and Alexis, took in a kick-ass concert by KT Tunstall. Both sprite and I have been fans of KT since last September, when we first heard her music on the Beeb. And she’s gained traction here in the States thanks to appearances …
In Utah, there’s always been a bit of third-rail quality to the issue of LGBT rights – part and parcel of being a theocracy. The LDS faith is not the most accepting to the LGBT community, though they tend to work on a more under-the-radar level of persecution. Sometimes, though, it looks like progress is …
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a statement yesterday that lambasted congressional Democrats for “voting against [a] $52B disaster relief package for Katrina survivors.” 65 Democrats were singled out by this release. The only problem: the statement was an out-and-out lie. In fact, the only members of congress to vote against the $51.6 billion …
Last weekend, the Veterans of Foreign Wars held their annual convention in Salt Lake City. In his official guise as mayor, Rocky Anderson presided over the opening of the weekend’s meeting… … after which he headed down to City Hall to join an anti-war protest – again, in his official guise as mayor. The reaction …
According to the folks at PlanetOut, Salt Lake City is quite the gay-friendly vacation destination. Who knew?
The last post was rather cryptic, so let me fill in some details. Last Wednesday, my mom had a mild heart attack. She actually diagnosed herself via EKG (she’s an anesthesiologist, and was prepping for a case), and drove herself to the hospital. She had an angiogram that found no blockage or narrowing of the …
Just a quick word from the Wasatch Front. Mom is doing okay, she’s up and around. She’s still stubborn – wanting to run around too soon – but it could’ve been a lot worse. I’m returning to DC on Monday, but I’ll enjoy the low humidity in SLC while I’m here.
I realized that I have a lot in common with the walking boil known as Karl Rove. Both of us were born and raised in the mountain west. Both of us were raised in Republican households. And both Karl Rove and I attended the University of Utah, and both of us left the school before …
Today’s Friday Fun Link™ is SummitPost, a hiking website that highlights quite a few of Utah’s tallest peaks. This makes me want to don my boots and hit the trail!
