New rules for the Republican convention this summer

The upcoming Republican national convention in Cleveland received a petition signed by 50,000 people to allow guns in the Quicken Loans Arena. There will be no guns allowed according to the Secret service who handles security for national political conventions. This has infuriated the gun advocates. The arena has a policy against guns or weapons […]

Grasshoppers: nature’s eating machine

Spring has officially sprung in my yard. I saw the first small black grasshoppers. I froze. (Play the theme from ‘Jaws’ now) It’s that time of the year when you can almost hear the munching sounds of tiny mouths as they chew through your yesterday, today and tomorrow. They get noticeably larger each day, in […]