FINALLY back to blogging, I hope! The Cranky Professor has been blogging, even though in Rome, and I feel the need to catch up. I'm happy to announce to all of you non-Washingtonians that the (in my own opinion, to which I am entitled) Spawn of Satan known as Tim Eyman has lost at least the first major round in his campaign to undermine the ideals of representative democracy. Meanwhile, it's not just the schools in Germany that are having trouble. (Dinner calls -- to be continued ... )