Write to your governor and senator (their addresses are in the phone book) because come April, when they put more tax on cigarettes, etc., we won't be able to afford to smoke. I know smoking hurts us, but if someone gets drunk behind the wheel of a car and hurts or kills someone, who is going to stop this, or over-tax them? ...more

February 17, 2009

While waiting at the red light by Lowe's going north, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, a young fellow with a cell phone in hand rear-ended my vehicle. He asked if I was hurt, apologized and while I was reaching for pen and paper for information he went in the turn-off lane. Waiting for traffic to clear I did the same, but he didn't stop and just disappeared. ...more

January 8, 2009

A $600 million program to buy handheld devices and create an automated network to collect data for the 2010 census faces major cost overruns and could cause delays in preparing for the nationwide head count. ...more

February 17, 2008

E-mail. Text messaging. Flash drives. BlackBerrys. Blogs. Bluetooths. ... Pen and paper? ...more

February 7, 2008