Live from the Nuke Free Zone

Grange Fair’s in town this week.
Tell me what I should go see!  :^)
At least, what I should go see if I’m interested in learning something about farm life.  I used to think Grange Fair was a professional event, but that’s more Ag Progress Days; from what I saw last year, Grange is a family thing.  […]

Seriously, I’m trying to get out of the habit of linking a NYTimes article as the meat of my post, but for crying out loud. How much clearer can we be that ideology has trumped policy? The I.R.S. has a responsibility to collect unpaid taxes. Congress refuses to let the I.R.S. hire […]

Had to visit the DMV this week.
This    is    as    fun    as    it    sounds.
Long story short, I’ve been in Pennsylvania for too long driving with a Texas driver’s license, and the cop was nice enough not to cite me for it but I need to get one ASAP.  When I visited I remembered why I thought it was such a hassle last […]

Last year, the Zone noted a very localized, substantial increase in the minimum wage of Santa Fe, NM, an inland city reasonably representative of average American cities. The increase not being surrounded by a statewide increase, we thought it would make a good test case for arguments for and against raising minimum wages: namely, that […]

In last week’s column, I talked about stuff I didn’t know much about, and unlike many much-better-paid commentators I could name, admitted as much and asked for input. Didn’t get much yet, but the agricultural theme will continue in future weeks as I visit the local Grange Fair and Ag Progress Days on the heels […]

Do you feel safer? katster throws down a few thoughts about the latest ruling about what can’t be brought in your carryon.

I’m a city boy born and raised… suburbs, at any rate.  Now, cows, chickens, and horses weren’t exactly missing from my neighborhood — plenty of my fairly low-income neighbors raised chicken, and the road into the city passed a few peacefully grazing cattle — but it was never a noticeable part of my life.  My […]