great region though. and pretty much abandoned except for towns with more atvs than people and the natural gas concerns.

I saw these at an opening years ago (I think it was years ago, anyway) in Chelsea. Check them out. When you see them, they look like paintings. But they’re actually photos of snowglobes. I think the images are wonderful — and the craft demonstrates an awesome marriage of sculpture and photography.

BTW, rumor has it they make great gifts for law school graduations.

Goldsmith is a right-winger, and a true believer in the war on terror. And he’s sharp as hell. You’d think he would have been a natural fit in this administration – especially in early 2004. But he wasn’t. Goldsmith didn’t like what he saw going on at OLC or in Bush’s inner circle – bottom line: too much secrecy. Consequently, he resigned within a year, abandoning one of the most high-powered and sought-after legal positions in the country.

Goldsmith said a lot of provocative stuff today. I didn’t agree with everything, but I definitely respected it. I found this particularly interesting. Despite his many and repeated criticisms of the Bush administration, Goldsmith saved them one compliment. He’s certain that the administration has seriously disrupted terrorist activities. I’ve always doubted such claims, since they can’t be proven. But Goldsmith was convincing. He kept returning to the threat matrix, the terror alert that the president and other top administration officials receive each morning. According to Goldsmith, if the American public read this report just once – let alone every morning before work – they’d realize that this administration has been understating the threat from terrorism, not overstating it. Perhaps the most interesting thing Goldsmith said – and a good point for debate – came in response to a ridiculously ambiguous question about the interplay of civil liberties and the war on terror, which was asked by a trembling first-year student. Goldsmith’s response: Imagine a terrorist attack bigger than 9-11, one that kills 20, 30 or 50 thousand people. If you think your civil liberties are being seriously infringed, you’re wrong; the ecroachment we’re currently seeing is a trifle compared to what might happen in the wake of a nuclear or biological attack. (Remember the Suspension of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War, the internment of Japanese-Americans in WW II, etc?) So Bush’s minor encroachment on our civil liberties might be preventing their outright suspension? Could be. Trouble is, we’ll never know.

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