Back and Ready to Get Down to Work

Back from the wedding and honeymoon - it was fantastic. Had a chance to read a few novels while I was gone, including Mila 18 by Leon Uris, Little Children by Tom Perrotta, and The Source by James Michener - I recommend them all.

Thanks to all who emailed me their good wishes - I appreciate it very much. Now its time to get down to work. As I try to catch up with the news, a few smaller stories have really struck me. Check out how Mitch Daniels, the former White House budget director, is now trying to raise taxes on the wealthy in Indiana. This is a policy he opposed in the White House. I don't know whether we should congratulate him for seeing the insanity of our current regressive tax system, or criticize him for being a hypocrite - or both.

And see this terrific piece about how the chemical industry is trying to silence academic criticism of its health/environmental record. Truly frightening.