BRINGING LIGHT TO THE MASSES….Ted Barlow has renamed his site and ? apparently dissatisfied at getting nothing more than a three-way tie for “most reasonable blogger” in the year-end awards ? has decided to convert into a single-issue blog dedicated to deconstructing the political ramifications of rural electrification.

He’s off to a pretty good start.

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