Get The Point? I am a Republican, and very conservative. In fact, I'm even more on the right than Rush Limbaugh! ...more

August 6, 2008

The scene: Corporate Cubicle, circa July 2008. Inside it sits a sad soul sporting goose bumps, chattering teeth and an expression usually found on the faces of Arctic explorers. Sort of frostbitten, but minus the frost. ...more

July 27, 2008

Regarding Michael Gerson's column "The Whale Oil Economy" (Other Views, July18): ...more

July 22, 2008

Green Not So Green I have a dilemma that I need the liberal global warming alarmists to help me with. If we go to "electric" cars, I foresee a conflict of interest. Do I demonstrate my "greenness" by having an electric-powered rollerskate, thereby increasing the demand of electricty, thereby increasing the amount of coal or nuclear power usage while thumbing my nose at the oil companies? ...more

July 18, 2008

Imagine how crushed I was when my granddaughter told me recently that she isn't interested in "all the stuff that happened in the past." She's only 10. I still hope to win her over. ...more

July 13, 2008

Randy Goggin of New Port Richey says John McCain's position on energy only marginally better than Barack Obama's. ...more

July 12, 2008

China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations rejected key elements of a global warming strategy Wednesday that was embraced Tuesday by President Bush and leaders of wealthy nations. The United Nations' top climate official also dismissed the G-8 goals as insignificant. ...more

July 10, 2008

Even as most of the world struggles with soaring fuel and food prices, two major issues facing President Bush and seven other leaders as they meet here this week, many people in Japan see an opportunity to shine during these tough economic times because of the nation's long-running conservation programs. ...more

July 7, 2008

Fill Empty Houses First I hope that I understand the proposal to cut our area's impact fees correctly. As I am reading, the purpose is to get into a state-offered grant program for housing assistance. Is the state program our only option for housing assistance? ...more

July 1, 2008

It does get wearisome when the "Blame America" crowd points to the U.S. as the source of everything that is going wrong on the planet – global warming included. ...more

June 28, 2008