Daily Archives: April 3, 2003

The classics are just classic

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It turns out that classics just sell better than best-sellers.

All those books, even if they aren’t assigned for classes, get steadily picked up and read. People know about them, recommend them to other people, and they keep selling.

I knew that. I love the classics. I make a point of reading them. I feel like I can know that I will enjoy the book, if it’s made the “classic” standing.

Sure, it’s exhilarating to read a new and undiscovered book that knocks my socks off…I think…I’m not sure it’s really happened.

Oh wait, yes it has.

But it’s risky to try new things. And there are so many books that come so highly recommended. I reach for the tried-and-true.

The Caribou like the oil companies

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Stevens Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of Opening ANWR

One of the things that was not given a lot of attention, because of the war, was the opening of ANWR beign discussed in the Senate. There is an oil field in Alaska that has

Ted Stevens, the perennial Alaskan Senator, argued passionately for this development. He put it all on the line.

‘ “People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget it,” Stevens warned his colleagues just before the Senate roll call vote began. As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Stevens can influence funding for a senator’s pet project or cause.’

That’s about as much pressure as he can possibly put out there.

It’s interesting that the vote was so close. 52-48 voted it down. Some Republicans went against party solidarity to vote against it. Some democrats went against their party to vote for it.

I am sure Stevens had a VERY stiff drink after that vote.