President Obama signed the new nuclear arms reduction agreement with Russia - the so-called START 1 Follow-On Treaty. As soon as the agreement was announced, the GOP geared up to oppose the treaty.

(For the record, I spoke with the author of this letter before publishing it to be sure he was comfortable with this.  He was fine but did ask me to remove his name, phone number and email, as he was concerned about an overload of possible correspondence. This seemed reasonable to me and I have complied with this request.   Paz, John)

Mr. Amidon,

NDE Media Release April 5, 2010 

Between the airport pickups and shuttling folks and food to their needed destinations, along with the walking and vigiling and blogging, the rush and blur of each day, has created a sense of joyful weariness. The desert remains breath taking.