As the World Turns.

Actually, it is "As the West Dries Up," thanks to drought conditions.

We went to Lake Mead and Lake Powell this past summer, as I wrote about, and both lakes were very low. That was the first thing we noticed about both of them. Yet, especially in Las Vegas, people are moving to that part of the country despite water shortages.
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Oklahoma has an unfortunate reputation as a "puppy mill" state.
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One of these years I am going to visit Hearst Castle.
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A very, very lucky few who toil at blogs can actually make enough money at it to do nothing else.

Yours truly obviously can't.
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Noted educator and social critic Jonathan Kozol is making a strong personal statement against that piece of shit known as NCLB.

Kozol is one of the great people of our time who actually wants to make this world a better place by promoting social justice.
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