Dear Rep. Souder,

As a 13-year resident of the District of Columbia, I am thankful that you are working to assure my Constitutional right to bear arms by ending DC’s ban on handguns.

I can only assume you also plan to author legislation supporting voting representation in Congress for DC residents like myself. Not only is this a far more urgent Constitutional issue, but Congressional voting rights for DC would give you one more voting ally in your efforts at protecting the rights of DC’s citizens.

It is unfortunate that some members of Congress see fit to use DC’s unique situation as a launching board for partisan publicity stunts, and I, along with your constituents in Indiana, am thankful that your commitment to my Constitutional rights is sound.

Respectfully,

Robert K. Yadda
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Runners over age 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise.

We doubled up on the movies again, so here’a a double-up review.

Ju-On is as creepy and scary as the trailers suggest. Continuing the bleeding edge of innovation in horror films, Japan brings us another top notch film. Becky and I both had nightmares all night after seeing this. (The Grudge continues the American explotation of quality Japanese horror films, this time with Sarah Michelle Gellar.)

Sunday afternoon we took the time to watch the original Resident Evil — which I have avoided for two years since I was sure it wouldn’t be good. It was pretty good. Lots of action with only minor plot flaws. It was good enough that we decided to catch the sequel, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, for dinner. This movie turned the previous film on it’s head. By that I mean: Lots of plot flaws with only minor action. If I hadn’t got a really good pizza and cherry soda for dinner, I would feel completely gypped.