Posted Sun, Feb 7, 10:53 p.m.

My experience of about 6 months ago was very similar, and also very rewarding. Those of us on the jury took the responsibility seriously. It was also fascinating to see the our judicial system up close, as well as educational. I am ready to do it again.

Posted Sat, Jan 30, 12:34 a.m.

I think you might want to check the current NOAA fleet for the photo: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ I don't see the Mt. Mitchell among them.

Posted Wed, Jan 20, 8:19 a.m.

Respectfully, I still don't know which republican would have supported a democratic bill to do something about the woeful state of the health care system in this country. I firmly believe that it is the policy of the republican party to obstruct the president on major social issues, as evidenced ...

Posted Wed, Jan 20, 7:27 a.m.

The tortured piece of legislation known as health care reform is, in fact, part of the problem. If the 'democratic wing of the democratic party' (I forgot about that Dean gem) would have proposed a simpler version of health care reform that people felt actually addressed their needs (Medicare for ...

Posted Tue, Jan 19, 10:58 p.m.

I disagree with your analysis. The fact is that it has been the Republicans who have shunned any notion of bipartisanship, expressly stating that their agenda was simply to oppose anything that Obama proposed. Obama reached out to Republicans on both the stimulus package and health care. He was rebuffed. ...

Posted Mon, Jan 18, 2:33 p.m.

And what about the bipartisanship the republicans showed when they hounded the Clintons for 8 solid years? No, the the fact is, the republicans have repudiated bipartisanship as a tactic, the good of the country be damned.