BACKGROUND: Last year both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service issued "biological opinions" claiming more water needed to be released from Upper Klamath Lake to protect both the sucker fish and coho salmon. The ...
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A young woman who didn't care for my opinion that energy should be cheap and plentiful confronted me one night on a Chicago public television talk show. Insisting that air pollution from burning fossil fuels was killing Americans and that ...
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We are taught that there are three official branches to our government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Some consider the media a fourth because it shapes public opinion. But there is reason to believe one person - Mary Frances Berry, ...
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We are taught that there are three official branches to our government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Some consider the media a fourth because it shapes public opinion. But there is reason to believe one person - Mary Frances Berry, ...
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Shortly after Osama bin Laden's terrorists attacked New York City, the photograph of three firemen raising an American flag in patriotic defiance burned an indelible image in my psyche. I saw three proud Americans engaging in spontaneous and heart-wrenching act ...
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Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...
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After a decade of warnings that the Earth's temperature may be rapidly warming, and that this supposed warming may result in a surge of catastrophic flooding and lethal storms, it now appears that we may be in for global cooling ...
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There's something more to celebrate during this year's Black History Month observance. The dream of a Smithsonian Institution museum celebrating the lives, accomplishments and contributions of African-Americans is closer to becoming a reality. President George W. Bush signed legislation on ...
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Contents* Campaign Finance Regulation Faces Vote Wednesday * Judge Overturns Bush Order on Worker Protections * Washington Union Begins Issuing Political Refunds * Common Cause Violates Laws It Promotes * Secrets of the Oklahoma Right-To-Work Victory Campaign Finance Regulation Faces ...
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According to the Detroit Free Press,1 Luiz Carlos Austin, a television meteorologist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is facing criminal charges and a possible six month jail sentence. His crime: a bad weather forecast. Austin had predicted severe weather in ...
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