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Don't Dismiss Climate Change Dec. 05, 2018
A federally issued 1,600-page report on the dangers of climate change has been quickly dismissed by ... Read More
Political Climate Surrounding Climate-Change Debate Must Improve Dec. 04, 2018
The Trump administration on Black Friday released a legally mandated update to the federal governmen... Read More
Hold Your Chin Up High Nov. 29, 2018
Dear Annie: I'm 16 and have been best friends with "Cindi" since second grade. Last weekend, my pare... Read More
'Compostables' Don't Reduce Garbage Waste Unless They're Actually Composted Nov. 26, 2018
It's practically an environmentalist axiom that landfills deserve condemnation. They're ugly and sme... Read More
Willful Waste Makes Woeful Want Sep. 12, 2018
As a child of the Depression and with six of us too young to work when our dad died, we had to be pe... Read More
Trump Should Expand Audits of Programs That Waste Taxpayers' Funds Mar. 02, 2017
Let me dream for a second that the Trump administration is serious about rolling back the expansion ... Read More
Tell Sacramento to Bag It: No on Proposition 67 Sep. 11, 2016
"There's no such thing as a free bag," Sacramento political guru Steven Maviglio told The San Franci... Read More
Stop the Carnage! No More Rotten Produce in the Garbage Sep. 08, 2016
I'm having a difficult time wrapping my head around this documented fact: Experts say that almost ha... Read More
Congress Passes a Not-Very-Good Toxic Chemical Bill Jun. 21, 2016
Just when you're fed up with the U.S. Congress (the approval rating is 11 percent) comes word that i... Read More
Rewarding States for ACA Exchange Failures? Mar. 03, 2016
If you are tired of reading columns about Affordable Care Act failures, don't read any further. If y... Read More
Biennial Budgeting Is a Bad Idea Jan. 14, 2016
Those who pay just casual attention to the annual federal budget process can see that it's a mess. I... Read More
Partying Hipsters, Shrimp Fight Club and Monkeys in Hamster Balls Dec. 24, 2015
In honor of the release of the new "Star Wars" movie, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., subtitled this year'... Read More
Squandered Resources on College Education Dec. 09, 2015
Most college students do not belong in college. I am not by myself in this assessment. Washington Po... Read More
Medicare Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Deja Vu Nov. 26, 2015
An office manager in Louisiana who billed Medicare for services that weren't needed or even provided... Read More
Democrats' Wasteful Torture Report Dec. 17, 2014
The recent release of a Senate report commissioned by Democrats regarding torture of terrorism suspe... Read More
Obama's War Is on Non-Sunnis, Not the Islamic State Sep. 24, 2014
I've said it before, but it bears repeating: I do not believe that Barack Obama is stupid. I don't b... Read More
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Was the Iraq War a Complete Waste? Jun. 13, 2014
Let's just say that the Iraq army isn't exactly anchoring a democratic awakening in the Middle East.... Read More
