Barbour is ideologically opposed to tax increases, and he apparently wants to finish his term saying he avoided one, even read more

Barbour is ideologically opposed to tax increases, and he apparently wants to finish his term saying he avoided one, even in the face of this tremendous disaster.

We knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps.

We knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps.

When I moved here I had a two bedroom, simple, 900 square feet, and rent was eight to nine hundred. read more

When I moved here I had a two bedroom, simple, 900 square feet, and rent was eight to nine hundred. For that same size unit it's now $1,500 per month. You take a $10-an-hour worker, pretty much all of their wages for the year would only cover rent.

This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to read more

This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.

The kids were really shocked to learn that genocide is still happening.

The kids were really shocked to learn that genocide is still happening.

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law; and every time they make a law it's a read more

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law; and every time they make a law it's a joke.

The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also read more

The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also nothing in the state law that controls what a private landowner can do.

It used to be significantly less to go across the river (to Clark County), and that is not the case read more

It used to be significantly less to go across the river (to Clark County), and that is not the case anymore. It is quite obvious that the greater metropolitan area has started to equalize.

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is read more

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.