Time Change DST Costs Money

Daylight Savings Time clock change is 2am on Sunday March 9th. Spring Forward, means put your clock ahead one hour effectively leading you to adjust your natural sleep schedule to get up one hour earlier. If you ask people what advantage comes from daylight savings time, most would tell you the main purpose is to [...]

Postage Increase But Don’t Buy Forever Stamp

Good Idea. Just before the stamp price was going up last year, the post office offered stamps priced at the current rate, but usable for first class postage forever. That is, forever or until the government postal system crumbles -unlikely to happen in the near future but possible Of course if you believe the post [...]

Marijuana Vending Machines In Los Angeles

With all the controversy surrounding Medical Marijuana in California these days is it any wonder? The State of California gave a go-ahead to vending machines that will dispense medical marijuana, and they will be installed as early as January 28, 2008 at a Herbal Nutrition Center in Los Angeles.
Medical Marijuana is at the center of [...]

Racism and the Democratic Iowa Caucuses

In an early story we explained the system of caucusing in Iowa. Of particular interest is the system the Democratic Party uses for the selection process. There is no secret ballot, and a show of hands or standing in a particular area is the way the Democratic votes are tallied. Republican tallies in the Iowa [...]