During our time serving in the Senate, a grudging respect for each other has given way to a close personal friendship that transcends politics. For example, we've counseled and consoled each other during hard times.

Beyond the most obvious question -- "Wait, Orrin Hatch is still alive?" -- you're probably wondering about the Senator's unusual fashion accessory: The giant red splotch on the side of his head!

Hatch is returning home from a Mikhail Gorbachev look-a-like contest (which he lost to Larry Craig).

He's trying to introduce bindis to the Mormon faith.

He stepped on a rake deftly planted by Senate prankster Russ Feingold, D-Wis.

The Board of Trustees of Community Wireless of Park City confirms that Blair Feulner resigned from the organization on July 15. Given his resignation, board members are not currently involved in negotiations regarding a sabbatical or other form of ongoing employment.

When food prices rise, the cost of my food doesn’t.

Webb, 37, said she has enough food in her pantry to feed her family for at least three months if her husband loses his job, an earthquake turns grocery stores to rubble, or market prices swell too much for the family to afford.

What Mitt Romney would do, as your vice presidential candidate, is weaken you in areas that you absolutely must carry: The South and the Bible Belt.

You cannot afford to underestimate the number of people who will never vote for a ticket that includes a Mormon.

If it were not for those issues, I would be voting for Obama this year. Instead, I must vote for you. And you must, for the sake of this country's future as a free land, win.

Even if Sampson was confused or mistaken in his interpretation of the rules that applied to [immigration judges] hiring, we do not believe that would excuse his actions. His actions, which were carried out over a lengthy period of time and were not based on formal advice from anyone, systematically violated federal law and department policy and constituted misconduct.

Unfortunately certain members have a tendency to pontificate and lose sight of our primary direction.

State Sen. Gene Davis told KSL:

He claims he's a Democrat. He is a Democrat. I believe he's a Democrat also. So it comes as a little bit of a disappointment.

How does Matheson respond? He refused to be interviewed by KSL.

Some find him loathesome because of his religion, some because of his flip-flopping, and others just because he's loathesome. But whatever the reason, people just really don't like Mitt Romney

Putting him on the ticket seems like an obvious recipe for disaster, but a potential boon to progressive bloggers who are really in need of a mockable choice.

Utah County millionaire and gay rights activist Bruce Bastian stood up at a San Francisco dinner in opposition to Proposition 8 that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman. Bastian wrote a $1 million check to the campaign against the constitutional amendment.

This is a campaign that's important to the entire country, not just California. The result will have effects across the United States.

The yarn: Motion detectors in the museum were set off several times, and the image above appeared on security monitors. Security officers investigated each time and found no evidence of a break in.

On average, members of Congress saw their net worth rise 84 percent from 2004 to 2006. More than 60 of the 100 senators are now estimated to be millionaires, including Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett. The median income in the Senate is $1.7 million.

. . . trains he nation’s most promising reform-minded school boards and superintendents to become effective, high-performing teams . . . to establish a wide range of efficient and effective policies and processes that will improve board operations, strengthen management oversight and directly improve learning opportunities for students.

• The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration found that the mine was poorly designed. Even then, the operator violated the approved mine plan and withheld from inspectors crucial information that showed how dangerous conditions were.

• A U.S. Labor Department review supported MSHA's findings, but went further —blasting MSHA itself for dereliction of duty in inspecting the mine.

It is kind of an important week to be around.

We've noticed 'Mitt' and 'Michigan' showing up in the same sentence a lot lately, so we thought it was time to take a hard look at Romney's record on the issue that matters most to Michigan voters--jobs.

Conventional wisdom in Washington might be that Romney's business experience means he's good on the economy, but even the slightest glance at his record indicates otherwise.

You would think Mitt would catch a break because he was born in Michigan. But the Dems there point out that as a venture capitalist his financial machinations sometimes resulted in factories being shut down and workers losing jobs.

I'll be addressing some of the more egregious abuses such as the complete disregard of Congress' statutory laws, the Constitution and treaty obligations by engaging in such outrageous and in many instances unprecedented practices. I'll also be addressing the president's assertion of completely unrestrained power and his theory that during the so-called War on Terror neither Congress nor the courts can restrict what the president does.

• Certifiable knucklehead David Farnham leaves his son in a parked car while he attends a midnight showing of Dark Knight. Farnham tells officers he left the child in the car with the windows rolled up "so the child could not be taken out." (It sounds like one of the Joker's psychotic gags). Two-year-old Justin survives.

• A week ago, a couple leaves their child asleep in a car parked outside the Sears in Salt Lake. The kid is treated at a hospital for dehydration. Police report that neither parent ''seemed upset at the circumstances."

• In May, multi-level marketer Kamilyn Kartchner Hadley kills her infant son by leaving him outside in an ovenlike car while she makes a business call. She gets probation.

• In April, 18-month-old Myles Gailey's mom left him in the back of her car after a shopping trip. Three hours later, she remembers him. He is dead. No charges are filed against mom, Jana Gailey.

But Mitt Romney has led the speculation recently.

It’s pretty easy to heal the wounds, if there are any — and they were minor — when you have someone who’s very generous and wants to work with you for the good of the country.

This is how small businesses get started, getting into this area and doing something beautiful that will also attract people to buy in the neighborhood.

• Former Rep. Mark Walker offered a job to his opponent Richard Ellis if Ellis dropped out of the state Treasurer race.
• Rep. Steve Mascaro sexually harassed an intern during the last session.

I don't see anything happening with Mascaro, unless something more from either side (in his case) comes up. And I don't think we'll see any (complaints against GOP leaders) from the other side, either.

What is obvious from the agreement is that both sides had enough dynamite—particularly in the realm of sexual impropriety — to blow each other sky high.

We have obviously been placed in a very difficult dilemma by Mr. Feulner's statements and actions, and we are struggling to try to make decisions that are in the best interest of Community Wireless, and that do not constitute a betrayal of the trust that Community Wireless listeners, donors and employees have placed in the board of trustees."

Already, whispers have started about who Barack Obama will appoint to the Supreme Court.
(Cue eerie organ music.)
His alleged first choice is Sen. Hillary Clinton.Who better to remake the courts into a political arm of the Democratic Party?

*To the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Let me be very clear: I am not advocating for a criminal investigation of former Rep. Mark Walker; I am not asking for an ethics investigation into an "unnamed legislator"; nor, for that matter, am I speaking of any particular legislator or incident. (Like allegations of sexual harassment against a certain Dem?)

If Congress continues to shrink from infrastructure spending and to insist its money go mostly to roads, Brookings scholars predict Utah could sprawl in ways that choke productivity. The Salt Lake region must keep up with 1.5 million newcomers over 30 years.

• Romney’s great-grandparents fled to Mexico so they could practice [polygamy]. The family returned to the United States after Mitt’s father was born. In summation: Mitt Romney’s ancestors were sex addicts, and his father was a Mexican immigrant.
• Romney left Bain Capital in 1998 to head the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games . . . . Romney’s Games made $100 million in profit, which is really what the Greeks had in mind all along.
• He began his term [as Massachusetts' governor] as a proponent of domestic partnerships for same-sex couples, and ended it urging the U.S. Senate to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
• Romney is currently against the conservative trifecta of abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research, despite the fact that the latter may hold a cure for his wife Ann’s multiple sclerosis. He supports the Iraq war, the death penalty and withholding constitutional rights from suspected terrorists. All positions, of course, are subject to change.

We can technically put a human on Jupiter. Being technically practical and technically possible are two very different things.

Democrats in Utah inhabit a veritable political “bizarro world.” The state is indeed rural, heavily Mormon, and conservative. But there is also a strong, albeit small, group of Democratic activists (including Mormons) working to advance the Democratic Party platform within Utah.

I definitely feel on edge. You are allways readly for a fight. I know that sounds bad. . .I don't like to argue, but as soon as people find out I'm a Democrat, that's what they like to do and I'm not going to back down. Why should I have to back down like I'm doing something wrong?

There are some (legislators) who will go Dutch — pay their half of the lunch. They don't want me to expense anything to them."

But Mitt's largess to himself, proving that rich guys can bankroll campaigns, could run afoul of McCain's reform message. Says political analyst Stuart Rothenberg:

Democrats would use it as an issue. They would they try to undermine [McCain's] reputation as ‘Mr. Reformer.’

The consensus was, let's start a healing process.

While we love animals of all types here at Best Friends, we believe the winning choice for Obama and the dogs, would be for the Obamas to adopt. They can still get any breed they want, we would just like to see the dog come from a breed rescue or shelter.

NBA commissioner David Stern says basketball can promote understanding:

In an increasingly turbulent world, it is rewarding to bring people together to celebrate teamwork, discipline and respectful competition on the court,

Iran will play two games against the NBA D-League Ambassadors. Then will play Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz squads at Salt Lake Community College.

Hatch says his lyrics refer to Kennedy's heroic return to the Senate after being treated for a brain tumor:

Sailing home, sailing home. America, America, we're headed home at last . . .
Just honor him, honor him, and every fear will be a thing of the past. . . .

Kris Mineau of the Massachusetts Family Institute says:

The Massachusetts Senate has no right to infringe on the internal issues of how other states define marriage, but that's exactly what they voted today to do.

After Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay marriages in 2004, its governor, Utah's adopted favorite son Mitt Romney, ordered town clerks to enforce the little-known law to deny licenses to couples from other states.

Supporters of the repeal say it will lure up 30,000 couples to Massachusetts from the surrounding states, including New York and New Jersey—pumping $111 million into the economy, hundreds of jobs and generating $5 million in state revenues over the next three years.

I’m appreciative every time I see Mitt on television on my behalf. He does a better job for me than he did for himself as a matter of fact.

If McCain can start joking about someone, you know they've made it into his mental inner circle. Romney may very well be higher on the short list than anyone realizes. The biggest roadblock for many in picturing a McCain-Romney ticket is McCain getting over his personal reservations about him. But joking about him is a start.

. . .where McCain physically recoils at questions about, say, sex and culture, Romney can diffuse them with a joke.

So certain is Chaffetz of winning, he's spending money on a junket to Alaska . . . to evaluate oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

It's a good thing that Chaffetz is trying to educate himself on issues like oil. But questions linger about whether he understands what being an effective congressman will mean.

Blaming earmarks for the nation's problems is a misdiagnosis. Cutting them won't trim the federal budget by a nickel. All that would happen is that your own elected representatives would no longer have a say in how your tax dollars are spent . . .

FLDS "survivor" Carolyn Jessop tells the DNews that she has been asked to testify.

That doesn't impress FLDS spokesman Willie Jessop, who complains to the Tribune that he expects the hearing to be stacked with anti-FLDS witnesses:

The people they are calling [to testify] have the same amount of credibility as Rozita Swinton.

[Romney] did probably the best job of any of any of the Republican candidates. But when it came to his own performance, the kinds of thing he was used to doing when he ran in a relatively small geographic area over a relatively short period of time didn't serve him well in running across the large number of states over a very long, extended period of time. And, as a result, it was an uneven performance.

[We] are taking up a collection for our friends who have
been involuntarily let go. We will divide the money we collect evenly
among them. Please think about what kind of contribution you can spare
for our friends.

His unembeddable "Whip Game" is just begging for screwed and chopped treatment, which would probably just confused the heck out of his adopted state of Utah. Is this some sort of passive plea for a new NBA home?

When parties get bigger then [sic] The People, the time is ripe for a revolution of power . . .

McCain and Obama are in the same box wrapped in different paper. . . .There is an alternative path that will lead us back to a balance in our economy, a respect in the world, and a new shining city on the hill we can all enjoy. Through a marvelous work and a wonder our future generations can be blessed rather then sold out.

Judy first entered our consciousness when he threatened to blow up an LDS fireside talk, including church apostle Howard W. Hunter. He later explained that it wasn't a "bomb" he was going to detonate, but — metaphorically speaking — the BOM, or Book of Mormon. The jury didn't buy it.

I felt like I spoke my truth. Bottom-line, they still felt the calendar is inappropriate and not the image that the church wants to have.

The calendar sold 10,000 copies at $15 each. Hardy did not speculate on a possible "sister" project called "The Babes of Temple Square."

Cooler heads may prevail — but as of this week there are hard feelings, political retribution, and some public careers may end this November because of the infighting.

The latest: Both House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, and Rep. Steve Mascaro, R-West Jordan, could face separate House Ethics Committee investigations this summer.

Blogging Tribune political editor Dan Harrie rips Legislative apologist LaVarr Webb (a former DNews political editor-turned-lobbyist) for downplaying the ethics problems on the Hill.

Regular DNews commentator, John Florez, puts a large part of the blame on House Speaker Greg Curtis:

It's a dark time for Utahns when a legislative leader, rather than encouraging openness and debate necessary for making public policy, seems more concerned about wielding and keeping his political power. The speaker gives credence to the perception of how legislative leaders control legislators by punishing and retaliating against them when they dare to speak contrary to leadership positions. . . .

Such action by a legislative leader creates a chilling environment that stifles honest debate. It reinforces why the public has a lack of trust in its government. It should not then be surprising to see Utah leads the nation in low primary voter turnout.

Further instructions were at the chapel door entrance which included a copy of the directive read two weeks ago plus a donation form to protectmarriage.com with spaces for names, address, etc, and check boxes ranging from $5,000 to $50.

I’ve always wanted to have a place on the beach where you could hear the crashing waves. And you know, I’m 61; I’m not going to live forever. I said, ‘Ann, I want to get a place on the beach. I don’t care what size it is, but I want a place on the beach.’

And this spot, it’s not a huge home, it’s 3,000 square feet, but it is right on the beach, and you open the windows and hear the waves crash. It’s heavenly.

Though the McCain campaign has promised not to question Obama's patriotism, one of his lap dogs, always trying to curry favor, has. Yes, Mitt Romney denigrated Obama's fundamental Americaness, telling Fox News:

I do think that, frankly, Barack Obama looks toward Europe for a lot of his inspiration. I think John McCain is going to make sure that America stays America.

If you are wondering where the heck that came from—Obama told a group that it was a good idea for American students to learn a second language to compete in a global economy. He said:

You should be thinking about how can your child become bilingual.

Convene the Committee on Unamerican Activities.

The city wishes to end this now and will make no further statement concerning this incident. Chief Hansen also wishes to continue on his road to recovery and fully return to work and will likewise be making no further planned statement.

In other words, government will decide what information is pertinent, based on government's comfort level, not the public's desire and right to know.

It begs a couple of simple questions: why is the state of Utah even in the business of arming the nation? How does it benefit the people of Utah?

Without solid, non-ideological answers to those questions, it would be best to stop issuing permits to out-of-state applicants.

On hearing of his death, Sen. Bennett spoke of Helms being “courteous and respectful”; in other words, even if Helms was kooky, he had a few positive attributes. Sen. Hatch, however, had glowing remarks, calling Helms a “truly great senator.”

Sorry, Orrin, but truly great senators don’t deny the rights of black men and women to vote, attend public schools, and eat at a diner. Truly great senators don’t verbally spit at AIDS sufferers. Truly great senators don’t think that Ray Charles should use a different bathroom than Elvis.

I perceive that [Bennett] mulls over the issues and arguments before casting a conservative vote. With Orrin, I always have the sneaky suspicion that he’s peddling some righteous snake oil.

Scott Edwards, legal director of the umbrella organization of Great Salt Lakekeeper, told the Deseret News his organization regards Salt's situation as a personal matter:

Our member programs do have standards they have to meet — but those standards go to environmental advocacy. Typically, something like this would not affect his standing in our organization. It sounds like it is a personal issue for Jeff Salt, and he will have to work it out.

It felt like I went over something. . . . Did I run over Bob Springmeyer?

We hope the Rawlings-DeCaria investigation proceeds quickly. It will be important not only to confirm or reject allegations about Walker's behavior, but to resolve the questions now swirling about the possible involvement of House leadership. Voters in various House districts are currently wondering if they have cause to worry about backroom dealing by powerful incumbents who will be on their ballots this fall.

• Both groups share a belief in the same set of scriptures, including the Book of Mormon.
• They revere many of the same prophets, including Joseph Smith, Brigham Young.
• Both groups accept all of Smith and Young's teachings — except that the mainstream LDS later jettisoned polygamy.
  

The state is going to decide whether three Oahu men, including an LDS bishop, should each be fined over $3,000 for allegedly stealing rocks from a beach conservation district for an underground cooking pit at their ward.

Land and Natural Resource officers say the men tried to haul the coconut-sized rocks in pickup trucks on board the controversial Hawaii Superferry from Maui to the LDS Kahaluu Ward.

One of the men told officers:

We do this for the Mormon church. Our bishop told us to come to Maui to get imu [river] rocks . . . . We use the rocks to cook kalua pig for the Boy Scouts to support them through our fundraisers. It was for a good cause.

A larceny of 1,000 rocks might have passed unnoticed by the news media had it not come on the Hawaii Superferry's second day of service. Critics of the ferry say it confirms what they feared: The service would allow Oahu residents to raid rocks, fish and opihi, a prized delicacy, from neighbor islands.

First, yesterday, you appear on Wolf Blitzer’s “Situation Room” on CNN, which these days is nothing more than a 24/7 Barack Obama infomercial. Then, last night, you go on Hannity & Colmes on Fox, promoting the economic plan of John McCain.

Yes, that John McCain, who was quoted during the GOP primary campaign as saying that you, Mitt Romney, “make his skin crawl”.

I wrote the play so that my children would some day be able to understand their gay father. I kept thinking that if I were to die, there wasn’t anyone I could fully trust to tell my kids who their ‘wicked’ gay dad really was and how much I loved them.

City Attorney Steve Brooks sent an email:Both Riverdale city and the Weber County Attorney's Office have reviewed the shooting incident that involved Chief Dave Hansen on May 3, 2008. It is the finding of both agencies that there was NO criminal conduct involved in this accidental gun discharge and therefore no resulting criminal charges will be filed. ... No further action will be taken against Chief Hansen.

What's scary is that their strategy is working—even though the Republicans' energy policy got us into this mess!

We knew lay offs were coming but we thought I would be safe for a variety of reasons. We were wrong and now I am looking for a new job.

In yesterday's episode, the investigation into Rep. Mark Walker's questionable Treasurer's campaign tactics ended abruptly. Walker resigned his House seat, which meant the ethics panel no longer has jurisdiction over him. Walker said the investigation would have been too hard on his "family" — by that I assume he means The Family — Utah's Republican Party.

Others may be guilty. I believe this hearing was in part to see if other people were involved.

The Fab Five lawmakers (Republican leadership prefers to call them the "cancer") who filed the complaint against Walker are considering further complaints to keep the probe going.

The Tantalizing Text: The now-dead ethics complaint alleged that Walker:

. . .offered to use his position as a legislator and his legislative connection with an unnamed member of the legislative body to secure a legislative appropriation in order to bribe another government official.

Treasurer candidate Richard Ellis Walker assured him he could make the pay raise "happen and that he had talked with 'the person' who could make it happen."

Irvine told the Tribune:

The House leadership made a decision to sacrifice a pawn to save a king. It's clear that this allegation has a lot more amperage than the Ethics Committee feels comfortable in pursuing.

Irvine tells the Deseret News' Lisa Riley Roche that he is "not 100 percent sure" that person is House Speaker Greg Curtis. But, Irvine says, Curtis would be one of a small cadre of GOP leaders who could make pay raises happen.

Roche says Curtis was "upset" at the suggestion he may be the target of an ethics complaint.

I refuse to comment on these unfounded, mean-spirited, politically motivated accusations.

But what if there are smaller ones — right in your neighborhood?

But first, they had to model it. Shreeve even went as far as to hire strippers to train his wives for the sect's fashion shows.

Self-made millionaire Earl Holding, in Utah, very much a product of his Mormon heritage, set out to develop a hidden little valley, high in the pastoral glacier-carved cirques of the Wasatch Range, known as Snowbasin.

It is country with which I am familiar, having had the good fortune to explore it, as a young man attending college in northern Utah, for the primary purpose of skiing. It is country I have not been able to return to, unwilling to witness any longer the diminishment, the eradication of character. . . .

The doggedness with which Holding pursues his goal - spanning parts of three decades - of constructing a massive ski resort where once only a few locals skied is neither a new story nor, to my thinking, an admirable one; it reveals simply the unimaginative relentlessness of the commercial mind.

It's closer, it's cooler and it's a lot more colorful.

Everyone's kind of working every angle to help them out.

There was a time when political leaders listened to their constituents more than they listened to special-interest lobbyists. . . . . There was a time when decisions affecting the state and its people were discussed in open meetings and when the news media had access to legislators on all sides of every issue.

Sadly, those principles are ignored by leaders who claim to know what's best without the benefit of legislative debate or public discussion.

No wonder voters are disillusioned. No wonder they stay away from the polls.

SALT LAKE CITY - Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday."

In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs and commuters' gasoline expenses, Utah is about to become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.

In Mormon Utah, it's: Thank Gosh It's Thursday.

Utah

• It is a crime to curse on a bus.
• Discriminating unfairly in the purchase of milk, cream or butterfat is a crime.
• Prosecutors can seek death for anyone who kills an on-duty poultry inspector.
• A drive-by shooting could get you five years in jail and a $5,000 fine, but you could spend 15 years in prison and pay $10,000 for altering the license plate stickers on your car.
• You must yield to birds while driving on the highway.
• Parents can give written permission to teachers to spank their children. Even though all 40 school districts prohibit corporal punishment by policy, legislators have declined to repeal the law.
• First cousins may marry, but only if they are beyond child-bearing years.
• It is slander - punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine - to falsely accuse a female of being unchaste.
• Raffles are defined in the law as illegal lotteries. But this particular form of gambling is routinely used by nonprofit organizations and charities to raise money.
• Nightclubs may be licensed to serve alcoholic beverages only if they promise they are a real club or association, and not a business out to make a profit. Apparently, lying is not a crime.

But some familiar with the process say the Pentagon only has one option in mind. It wants more money for chemical-agent destruction efforts in Colorado and Kentucky - and may be using the specter of cross-border weapons exchanges to drum up congressional support for increased funding of current operations.

• Outlaw any and all abortion.
• Abolish IRS and federal income tax.
• Not only roll back No Child Left Behind, but abolish the Education Department.
• End illegal immigration by throwing employers who hire illegals in the slammer.
• "Stop the New World Order the day I get into office."

I am a little offended. The picture of the woman on the right has a t-shirt that reads "Got Tequilla". Thanks for keeping your content family appropriate. [Sarcasm alert!]

Court records say Hirschey teased, manhandled and threatened Low while they and two other men were ingesting cocaine at his apartment. Finally, in the early morning hours of May 8, 2003, Hirschey grabbed Low's underwear and yanked upward hard enough to pull him off his feet.

“How the hell did the publisher of the ‘Top 20 Side-Boobs of All Time‘ get this scoop,” you must be asking yourself, right now. (We were asking ourselves the same question.) And here’s the answer: It’s all part of the McCain campaign’s plan to directly target college-age voters, in an attempt to sway them away from Sen. Obama, says our source.

The Mormons did such a nice job taking care of Howard Hughes during his decline. So there's that.

(Hughes certainly appreciated their care. When he died, he left an eighth of his estate to his key Mormon aides, a sixteenth to a Mormon drifter, and another sixteenth directly to the Latter-day Saints, a church he never attended.)

. . .to get out his small varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn.

That’s what happens to a guy of McCain’s age when he doesn’t take his Metamucil. I don’t think he is the kind of angry fellow we want to let alone with the nuclear arsenal.

It was a joke and, by the way, Mitt Romney should be mocked! There isn’t a single issue in politics he hasn’t flip-flopped on. Maybe it works in the takeover world, but not in this one. And, by the way, if John is angry, so are the American people. They are fed up with politics as usual.

I honor McCain’s service, but I think people are starting to feel a sorry for him. It is gold-watch time. That’s fatal in politics.

My left knee has been sore for 10 to 12 years. It will be nice to finally have a healthy leg. The doctors have assured me that my long-term health will be a hell of a lot better than it's been over the last decade. I'm really looking forward to that.

Doctors used a tendon from his right hamstring to rebuild the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that finally snapped while jogging on a golf course last July.

Woods, who is in a brace and on crutches, said he most likely would not be able to play in the AT&T National, which starts Thursday, because the knee is swollen and his doctors told him to avoid planes.

But who knows? I don't really listen to doctors all that well, anyway.

Bob will direct the shorts and maybe even appear in them. Probably more important, Redford says the new owner is more open than his previous partners to increasing the number of documentaries on the cable channel.

Redford says he's intrigued by new technology, but “ultimately interested in whether we’re providing stories well told.”

Pity the poor polygamist. They have been collecting wives quietly hidden under the protective cover the Mormons way before wife collecting was popularized by Jacqueline Suzanne. Now the Mormons are striking back with the power of PR.

Just imagine what a President Barack Obama -- the most liberal U.S. Senator . . . -- working with an unstoppable 60-seat Democrat majority to implement his agenda would do...

Hatch lists the horrors: skyrocketing taxes, oceans of small biz regulation and more liberal-activist judges on the Supreme Court. (I remember a time when Orrin hoped to be a member of the Supremes and save the Constitution as it hangs by a thread. Boy, are those days over.)

For all of us, there comes a time when the choices are so stark, the risks so great, we have to take a stand.