Beautiful Day in Juneau

It’s a very beautiful day up here in Juneau. Hardly a cloud in the sky, bright sunshine and snow covered mountains. Temps are in the 30s (F) and so is very walkable for those used to it. I just got back from a walk that made me me wish I had sunglasses.
Left my camera at [...]

Congress can (and has) limited and ended wars

With the recent debate on whether Congress has the authority to cut funding or otherwise try to reign in a Presidential war, you might be interested in this new Congressional Research Service Report:
“Congressional Restrictions on U.S. Military Operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Somalia, and Kosovo: Funding and Non-Funding Approaches,” January 16, 2007:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33803.pdf
According to the [...]

Last Open Tabs of the Day: CRS Reports

Every week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) issues reports done at the request of Congress. They answer to majority and minority alike. Why a few people, usually on the very far right dispute the objectiveness of CRS reports, virtually everyone else lauds them for their thoroughness and objectivity.
Although the reports are government documents, they [...]

"Open Tabs" en espanol

One of my favorite new blogs is BiblioTICando con humor (por Diana Rodríguez). I like it even though I have to work hard to get the gist of the entries. Diana and several colleagues in Argentina (Todos son de Argentina?) seem to be posting on news from around the Spanish speaking library world and beyond. [...]

Open Tabs: More Accountability Reports

Here are the last two of my backlogged General Accountability Office reports that I thought were worth sharing with my six Bloglines subscribers (and anyone else stopping by):
GAO-07-16, Commercial Space Launches: FAA Needs Continued Planning and Monitoring to Oversee the Safety of the Emerging Space Tourism Industry, October 20, 2006 - Looks like there will [...]

Open Tabs: Treating our soldiers well (or not)

Here are a couple of reports that show that our government could be doing more for our soldiers, sailors and airmen:
GAO-07-11, Higher Education: More Information Could Help Education Determine the Extent to Which Eligible Servicemembers Serving on Active Duty Benefited from Relief Provided by Lenders and … - Education Department is asked to better study [...]

Open Tabs: Homeland Security

A friend and FGI colleague decided to do an open tabs post the other day. Instead of trying to blog articles individually, he just dropped some article titles.
Since I’ve been meaning to share a number of articles gleaned from my Blogline’s subscriptions, James’ approach makes sense to me. So the next few entries [...]

Second Life: The Official Guide

The folks over at the Hobson and Holtz Report have a released an audio review of the book Second Life: The Official Guide .
Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz make this sound like a great book for librarians wondering whether to take the plunge into Second Life and what to do if they go there. Libraries [...]

Walking to take back the country

Walking to take back the country Originally uploaded by AlaskanLibrarian.
Picture of a Juneau march from Court Plaza to the Northern Lights church. We marched to oppose the Administration’s plan to escalate the war in Iraq, and to encourage Congress to demand an alternative.
This represents about two-thirds of the line of [...]

Please Pray for Molly Ivins healing

If you belong to any faith tradition whatsoever, I ask that you say a prayer for columnist Molly Ivins. She has been diagnosed with a third recurrence of breast cancer and is gravely ill.
I’ve been an admirer of Molly’s plain spoken columns since I lived in Texas in the early 1990s. Though she’s not always [...]