Author Archives: Mark

As far I can tell this issue isn’t getting a whole lot of press outside the US, but here in the States one of the biggest stories in the past week or so has been the controversy over comments made … Continue reading →

I had an interesting experience this afternoon – I went into Dick’s Sports at Streets of Woodfield to buy a new waterproof watch. When I approached the check-out to make my purchase, the first thing the cashier said to me … Continue reading →

Since I criticized Charles Rangel for his views on war funding, it’s only fair that I express admiration for the comments he made later in the same interview with Tim Russert, while explaining the significance of the title of his … Continue reading →

Interesting interview by Tim Russert on Meet the Press this morning with Charlies Rangel, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Russert gets right into the issue of all the non-military spending added to the recent appropriation bill to … Continue reading →

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/27/pet.projects.ap/index.html CNN reports that the US Federal government will spend $1.2Billion over the next 5 years to subsidise small operation dairy farmers. So American taxpayers (that includes me) will get to pay to support uneconomic US businesses that are unable … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s been pretty quiet here for a little while. Not for any really good reason. However, it’s springtime here in Chicago – so a good time for new beginnings. My grass is growing again and the doves are back … Continue reading →

Caught Monday afternoon just before I left Michelle and Jeremy’s.

After church on Sunday I drove over to Cornwall Park and took some photos of and from One Tree Hill. Here are the pictures.

On Saturday Dad and I got to go sailing and again had a great time. We had good breeze for almost the whole day, and sailed from about 10am to 6pm. We initially headed towards Waiheke and got about half … Continue reading →

Here are all the photos from the cruise Dad and I made last week – Auckland to MahurangiMahurangi to KawauKawau to MotutapuMotutapu to Auckland