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I think we need to have a new law designed to improve public safety.

We need to immediately enact a law to cut down on "DUI-P."

DUI-P is "Driving under the influence of a poodle." I did not become completely aware of this acute problem until last week when I was substitute car-pooling for The Beautiful Bride.

I'm probably going to catch hell for this, but I have noticed an online trend that I call "make it at home".

Since society has embraced the lean and clean lifestyle (a good thing) there seems to be a preponderance (great word, no?) of people who zeal about such matters is a little "off".

Hillary Clinton was given advice on how to beat Barack Obama early in the campaign but failed to act until it was too late:

The title is a slightly paraphrased line from the movie, “Uncounted, The New Math of American Elections.“

Time again for a roundup of Tennessee blogs, via TennViews, but first a few notes on this regular weekly feature. And don't expect to see any more personal commentary on this weekly link. It just seemed appropriate this week. But I prefer to offer this roundup without comment and let you read and ponder on what's written for yourself.

Eunice Moscoso
Arizona Daily Star

"The misperception that immigrants, especially illegal immigrants, are responsible for higher crime rates is deeply rooted in American public opinion and is sustained by media anecdotes and popular myth," said Ruben G. Rumbaut, a sociology professor at the University of California-Irvine. "This perception is not supported empirically. In fact, it is refuted by the preponderance of scientific evidence."

Riga and Tallinn, in Latvia and Estonia respectively. I've never been to either country, and it's my first time in a former Soviet Bloc nation, not counting Germany. Riga is part medieval Old Town, part soulless gray housing for the ex-comrades, and part modern.

This was the view walking across a bridge from the hotel to the Old Town district.