The Political Page, T+249 -- September 26, 2017

Global warming hits Arizona: Arizona Snowbowl is the first to start snowmaking in the country.

Arizona Snowbowl fired up the snow guns this weekend, marking the earliest artificial snowfall in the country! Not to mention this being the earliest start to the snowy season in Arizona.

This historical contest is usually won by Colorado ski parks Loveland Ski Area and Arapahoe Basin. This is the first instance where Snowbowl has beaten them both.

Montana update: I will be driving from Portland, OR, to Flathead Lake, during the second week of October. Long-range forecasts: no snow; low of 39 degrees at night; high of 70 degrees during the day over Lookout Pass, Idaho.

All lives matter: the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, finally found room to honor Clarence Thomas in its year-old African American history museum. The museum did not have room for the Supreme Court justice at its opening. Reminds me of the Hall of Fame. In this case Clarence Thomas did not make it in his first year of eligibility but made the Hall of Fame in the second year of his eligibility. Speaking of which, where is his nemesis, Ms Anita Hill, these days? Wiki says she is a university professor at Brandeis University.