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OP-ED: The religion of recycling

For decades, we’ve been told: recycle!“If we’re not using recycled paper, we’re cutting down more trees!” says Lynn Hoffman, co-president of Eureka Recycling.Recycling paper (or cardboard) does save trees. Recycling aluminum does save energy. But thatĢƵ about it.The ugly truth is ...

OP-ED: What the Democratic trifecta hath wrought

America has just exited a biennium of Democratic trifecta — control by the nationĢƵ and the worldĢƵ oldest political party of the White House and majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. It is only the third such biennium in the last 40 years, since 1993-95 and 2009-11, the ...

OP-ED: The normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene

During one of Kevin McCarthyĢƵ gauntlet of punishing votes, it was striking to see with whom he passed the time. There she was, dressed in sophisticated black, the member hailed as a “key ally” to the new speaker of the House: Marjorie Taylor Greene.Her choice of color (in the past she ...

OP-ED: Our government is blundering and incompetent

<div class="container-fluid"><div class="row"><div class="article-content col-sm-10 col-md-6" data-content-ads-inserted="true">Our government seeks more and more control.Our government is not competent.These two statements are both true, and together ...