As expected, light blogging these days. I'm just back from a lecture-filled week in Kansas, Minnesota and South Dakota, with great crowds in attendance. Here's a nice article from one of the recent events.

Good news: The lecture at Husson College was standing room only. Bravo to the programmers for a great turnout!

Bad news: Friday's weather was a nightmare, and getting home was a chore. Not much of a weekend before heading out to Kansas tomorrow, and then on to Minnesota, South Dakota, and back to Minnesota for the week.

Worse news: In the previous blog entry, I referenced a frightening sex story that was getting little play in the news. Actually, CNN's Jack Cafferty, one of the few bright lights left in the traditional media (by the way, a better term than "mainstream media"), provided commentary on what he called this "Twilight Zone" scenario: President Bush appointed an outright opponent of family planning to head a family planning agency at the Department of Health and Human Services. Susan Orr, a former member of the conservative Family Research Council, has been quoted as saying that family planning is "not a medical necessity" and calling contraceptives part of "the culture of death."

For more information (including a link to a good Think Progress article) and a much-need laugh about the Orwellian appointment of Orr, check out The Top 10 Reasons George Bush Appointed Susan Orr.