I thought I’d publish a post (longer than I intended, actually) catching up on issues raised in recent posts:
* Seth Ben-Ezra has been maintaining a Google map listing the locations of violent crime and murder in Peoria. Keep up the good work. It’s citizen journalism in action. Many will disagree with his numbers and his [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced a vote to adjourn the U.S. House of Representatives. She did so against the wishes of some Republicans who instead wanted to debate and then vote on a new national energy policy. So they staged a protest on the floor of the House on Friday, and plan another one today.
Because [...]

The other day, I wrote about how the Democrat-controlled Congress went home and tried to turn off the lights on debate about energy policy. Dissident Republicans staged a Twitter revolt.
Thanks to Twitter, I’m learning about how the liberal Web site Daily Kos turned on one of their own, Lee Stranahan, who failed to look the [...]

In case you missed it, and you might have if you rely on the mainstream media exclusively for news, there was a bit of a revolt today in Congress.
There’s been debating new energy legislation in Congress, but the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives adjourned before passing anything. This irked House GOP members, who have been arguing [...]