Back in Indian Springs for the first holiday in more than a decade. Rain is coming in fits and starts. Stepping off the plane in Las Vegas yesterday it was actually cooler than when we left Denver. A beautiful and quiet day. The last of the leaves are being blown from the nearly barren trees. Holiday greetings are being sent.

"...[W]e simply cannot accept the government's position that the Executive Branch possesses the unchecked authority to imprison indefinitely any persons, foreign citizens included, on territory under the sole jurisdiction and control of the United States, without permitting such prisoners recourse of any kind to any judicial forum, or even access to counsel, regardless of the length or manner of their confinement.

A portion of the decision handed down today by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the confinement of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.The

It is nearing both Haloween and Election day so I've been doing some scary reading. The folks over at Black Box Voting have a pretty scary chronicle of problems with electronic voting and vote reporting systems.