Nicole Topham contributed to The Weekly Standard between 2001 and 2003, writing on topics including Olympic security, state politics, and general interest features.
STANFORD CAMPUS BIOLOGISTS and students have teamed up in a daring new rescue effort--to save the tiger salamanders. Natives of the Stanford area, the salamanders migrate yearly to nearby Lake Lagunita to breed. The migration route takes them across the busy streets of Junipero Serra Boulevard and…
WHILE NEWS ABOUT California's recall election is changing as fast as tickers on Wall Street, two things are certain: there will be a recall election October 7, and it will be a vicious campaign: Gray Davis has vowed to fight like a Bengal tiger--which both Democrats and Republicans will tell you is…
SALT LAKE CITY is calmly preparing to host the Olympic games this February. In the aftermath of September 11, Mitt Romney, chairman of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee, refused even to consider canceling the games. On September 12 he told the Salt Lake Tribune, "As a testament to the courage of the…