NM County bans fracking, gets muscled by Big Oil
Well, they tried. Mora County, northeast of Santa Fe on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, has a population of only 5,000. It became the first county in the US to ban drilling and...
View ArticleUS Auto Industry Digs Itself Back Into the Same Hole
Talk about a flat learning curve - the US auto industry was bailed out back in 2009 as part of the TARP stimulus package for the banking and auto industry, but they're right back to the same business...
View ArticleSave the Planet - Be a Fulltime RVer
Five years ago I retired, and my wife and cat and I quit living in a regular house, taking up a nomadic existence in a campervan. I know the scenery is much better and the economic overhead is a lot...
View ArticleBarack and Hillary Send Support for HERO
HERO, the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance passed by the city council in 2014, is in trouble from the fundies, who have wrangled a referendum to get it repealed with the usual stuff about creepy...
View ArticleSeeing America - Five Years on the Road
Five years ago, I did what many people of all ages dream of doing - I ran away from home. Not only that, but I destroyed my home so there was no going back. It's called fulltime RVing - get rid of...
View ArticleDavid Vitter Backdates Letter Warning Obama About Refugee Threat
Louisiana politics is always entertaining, and the governor’s race this year did not disappoint. As voters go to the polls today, David Vitter is hoping he can pull this one out. He has been hammering...
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