Tooting His Own Horn – Not a Good Idea.

So Dirk is touting his accomplishments while Secretary of the Interior for the past two years, primarily in the area of ethics.  That’s right – you read that correctly – ethics.  And this is how Dirk did it.
To combat transgressions, Kempthorne installed a new ethics officer, recorded ethics-related discussions in a logbook and made an [...]

An Unfortunate Consequence of the Economy

Reading a story on KTVB about the rise in child abuse being diametric to the decline in the economy, I found this statement by Matt Hyde, the program director for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)  disconcerting:
The program’s director Matt Hyde says as the economy worsens they are already seeing more severe cases of child [...]