2006 is coming

We have no New Year's eve plans and I hope it stays that way. The snow pack at Schweitzer is currently building, so that downhill skiing on New Year's Day appears attractive. If we start early on January 1, we'll avoid much of the holiday crowd, impeded by late night partying. Until then, we'll avoid the downhill slopes, cluttered by the holiday skiers - and try more skate skiing.

In the last few days I've been reading some semi-recent Chomsky interviews discussing, among other items, the situation in Iraq. Many people I know swallow the party line - be it democratic or republican. It is refreshing to hear from Chomsky, who does meticulous and thorough research and then reports the dispassionate, unvarnished conclusions. It threatens the party liners, who must then apply labels to him in an effort to discredit his conclusions. They never critique the underlying research, just apply labels.

Richard
2005.12.30