As I wrote a couple of years ago, When folks think of car culture in Scottsdale, many think of our “Car Week” at the end of January. There are several collector car auctions at that time, and a host of other associated events. But, the car scene here doesn’t begin and end with Car Week. […]
Veterans’ Day 2025, Go For Broke: the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Last week I traveled the back roads of Western Arizona, through what remains of the town of Poston. It was named for “the Father of Arizona,” Charles Debrille Poston, whose efforts contributed to the creation of the Arizona Territory. Poston laid out the Colorado River Reservation and the irrigation system that distributed water from the […]
Water is for Fighting
A recent Facebook post to which I had a knee-jerk response caused me to go back and do some digging. The post said: “Mexico Draws 1.5M AcreFeet of Water every year from the Colorado River (1 AcreFoot of Water is 325,851 Gallons of Water) That’s over 488B that’s 488 Billion with about Gallons of water. […]