I decided I couldn't live without a dog. I told a friend in Bonner's Ferry (Idaho) that I wanted a dog and he started looking for me.

Now she carries parts. The customers love her. She had it down pat in one week. When she hears the printer she sits and waits. She gets the paper, takes it to the customer and they give her a treat. It's a total routine.

She'd been beaten, tortured. I knew I had to give her a chance.

When elected officials and others contribute to a climate and culture that fosters hyper-partisanship, we've got to blow the whistle.

I feel like a woolly mammoth.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.