“The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest.

Many homes and Christmas trees around the country will be adorned with fewer gifts than usual this year as millions of people are either under-employed or unemployed, and have been so for months. Parents and gift-givers are making difficult choices about what they can spend and for whom they can afford gifts.

A recent nationwide study, The Rise of Asian Americans, (June 2012) published by the well-known non-partisan Pew research Center concludes:

The thing you need to know about California brush fires is how fast they can move and how high they can reach.

Whenever we smell smoke here in the southwest corner of the country, we’re on high alert.