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Low, low Lake Tahoe--Pictures. December 2008

Just off Tahoe City, it appears like a whale is breaching just as the lake channels toward the dam. This view is looking east toward the Carson Range, which runs north and south along the Nevada shore.


Got Stress?

The open letter below is credited to a 60-year-old woman who was writing to a dear friend.

Dear...

What am I doing? Well, let me tell you. I'm reading more and working less. I'm sitting in my living room and admiring the view without fussing about logs or my cat. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time watching TV.

WARREN'S WORLD: Triumph & Tragedy on Racetracks

Why did this happen? I found the answer thirty years ago when I was producing a film for Hollywood Park, California. This is a racetrack where a high number of horses meet the same, broken-leg fate every racing season.

PART III. U.S. Congress: Is Stopping Pork a Mission Impossible?

They won't. And despite the pledge of reform from President-elect Obama and others, rehabilitating the institutional practices of members of the U.S. Congress will require a monumental, sustained effort.

The Roots of the Practice of Earmarks

Mystical Tahoe in November--Pictures

Sunrise, looking eastward at the Carson Range.


Lake Tahoe May Stop Feeding Truckee River

Drought conditions plague much of California, but nowhere are they as dramatic, psychologically, than on the North Shore and in Truckee. The level of the lake has been up and down over the years, within a six-foot range.

Warren Miller Tells 400+ About Freedom

You "screwed up my life," were his opening words at the podium, because, he said, this is what so many people have told him over the years.

PART II. U.S. CONGRESS: Pork, the Beltway Diet

A pork (or earmark) project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that designates tax dollars for a specific purpose in circumvention of established budgetary procedures. There were over 11,000 pork projects in fiscal year 2008; they cost taxpayers $17.2 billion.

LOST LEGEND #17: The Great Spirit and Painted Ridge

Following the deaths that warm, rainy, August afternoon long ago, the Qua people at Carnelian Bay went into deep mourning. The happiness they had long known drained from them, and life became somber in all respects.

PART I. U.S. CONGRESS: Earmarks, the Semi-Secret Way of Life

The members call the semi-secret system "earmarks." Outsiders who understand the process call it "pork," and a blight on the USA.

$17 Billion for 11,000 Earmarks in Fiscal Year 2008 Alone

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