We couldn't recommend everybody, but not because they aren't good. It's not because they aren't doing a good job; it's because we don't have enough money.

The new humane standards allow birds to have a much more normal life, including more space, perches, litter and nesting area.

This year has been different in that our regional is harder. When you look at Walther Lutheran and Holy Trinity, there is still a lot of talent.

Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers.

You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean tar sands and the claim that there's more jobs associated with fossil fuels than other industries. That's of course not true. But they're hammering that into the voters' heads.

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.