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Hunting Trip Update

We’re out of the field and happy with the results (at least I am). Our trip this year consisted of 11 hunters spread out over 78,000 acres in Southeastern New Mexico. We took three bucks with two 8-points and a nine. While the number of deer we saw was down rather dramatically

Good Omen?

So the big hunt is only a couple of days away and today I had a good omen (I hope). As I was sitting having lunch with my son in our kitchen, a four-point buck walked past the back yard. I’m really hoping that bodes well for the trip this weekend, but I

Drawing Analogies

I love reading blogs. I also have a particular fondness for columnists. The reason goes beyond a general sense of curiosity about other people, what they think, and why they behave the way they do – which is often tied to how they perceive the world and illustrated in their writing. The

Unity08 and Political Capital

It’s not clear if this was an attempt to be satirical or an attempt to make fun of President Bush’s now infamous “Political Capital” speech, but the strangest e-mail I’ve received in a while came to me today from Unity08.
Dear Michael,
Wow! The response to our new web site has been fantastic! Many of you have

Hillary and Obama: A Study in Contrasts

Not that I think Hillary’s gender-baiting rhetoric from the last 72 hours needs more coverage, but I think there is a larger point being lost in this. Sure, it’s sort of ridiculous to keep telling us that a woman is tough enough to stand up to the bullying of dictators around the world, and