Archive for the 'Completely unrelated to bicycles or law' Category
The last nasty thing I am going to say about New Mexico
I know it doesn’t sound like it, but I actually like New Mexico. However, some of what jumped out at me during my trip there during the last two weeks wasn’t too flattering to our eastern neighbor.
One thing — and I know we have these here in Arizona too, in spades — was a [...]
Time for an upgrade
I just returned from two weeks in the mountains of New Mexico. It was a work trip, researching an environmental lawsuit I am working on, but because I got to be in the mountains camping, walking and riding my bike, most of the time it seemed a lot like a vacation.
One thing I decided [...]
Walter Cronkite, truth teller, 1916-2009
I’m sad tonight. Walter Cronkite may have never ridden a bike in his life, for all I know, but I grew up watching his broadcasts and it so happens I have been reading this anthology lately which includes his famous “mired in stalemate” piece for CBS.
That was a courageous thing for him [...]