“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? She asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don’t know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn’t matter.”

I wonder, exactly 10 years after his death, what he would make of today’s sign on Loop 101: “Scottsdale: Next 15 Exits.”

“Birther,” used by the media with impunity, is a derogatory slur, the equivalent of the “N” word used for another group to cast them as sub-human.

What a gun-crying shame. By vetoing the well-written no-guns-in-buildings law (what the “news” media and rights-deniers labeled the guns-in-buildings bill), we’re all less safe.

If you’ve made the mistake of voting early, you’re now locked out of the process.

A recent article in Nature magazine says researchers are discovering that chronic wasting disease (CWD) is more infectious than was previously thought.

We are still free. For the most part. For now.

Two Arizona gun-rights groups said Wednesday that lawmakers should consider letting specially trained teachers and administrators carry guns into public schools to protect students against future attacks.

March 7, 2005

Jonathan Dean, 12, yanks on the action slide to load the 20-gauge shotgun, then sights down the length of the barrel.