Our Friday began with a briefing by John Sampler, a fellow at the Cato Institute who specializes in campaign finance. He was very interesting and brought up some interesting points about why total regulation is problematic. His lecture was followed by one from Marianne Viray, who is on the other end of the spectrum politically. I found her presentation a little less compelling, potentially because she spent a lot of time unnecessarily defending her positions; I am pretty sure 90% of the Washington Seminar participants already agreed with her. Both talked about the recent Supreme Court ruling about political funding.
We had some tacos for lunch, then went to class and heard from one more speaker: the Jamaican Ambassador to the US. He was by far the most dynamic speaker of today. The first part of his address was a little confusing, but he had a good sense of humor and talked about some interesting things. Someone asked him what he would like to change about Jamaica and he responded that he wishes the country had stronger families. Of all the things he could have identified, I think it is interesting that he chose families; they really are so important.
The weather this week was nice, but it has gotten pretty cold. Our apartment heater still doesn't work, but the missionary couple hooked us up with a little space heater. It seems to be doing the trick for now and the part the heater needs will supposedly be here on Monday. I'll believe it when I see it. The temperature in our apartment is balmy now, though.
We secured our free Dave Matthews Band tickets today; hopefully 1) the band won't cancel for the third year in a row and 2) we'll actually be in Utah for the concert. If not, we'll be looking to give away some tickets if anyone is interested... :)
We don't really know what we're going to do tonight, but I think we are going to eat some delicious pesto pizza.
Mariel: Thanks for the picture of the temple site. It looks pretty barren/cold.
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