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The classification of CO2 as a pollutant was a mistake

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On August 6, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Washington) that it be granted intervenor status concerning the litigation launched by environmental groups against the Trump administration’s new Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The case in question, American Lung Association v. U.S. Environmental…

This is what I did to lose about 40 pounds in 5 months

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I’ve lost about 40 pounds since March 1. Hurray! This is the most weight I have ever lost in one season. When I was 21, I lost 35 pounds at my summer job, which was delivering furniture for Manhattan Furniture. I wasn’t trying to lose weight that summer but it happened. About 10 years or…

Lawbreakers, not guns, are to blame for the recent shootings

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Over the first weekend of August, our nation was once more subjected to not one, but two multiple shooting sprees in gathered crowds.  Of course, the usual uproar of those in the Communist/Fascist/Socialist-believing mob are expected to mount another loud demand for gun confiscation or some form of action to gain the same result.  It…

Who should own The Church of the Holy Sepulchre?

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Today I am writing from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the walled city of Jerusalem. I wish I could take every one of you who reads this article on a journey to the Holy Land. In my travels, I have seen many mountains and beautiful scenery, but walking the land of Jesus feeds…

Green New Deal would increase electricity costs $2,000/month

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Have an extra $2,000 you’d like to throw away? That’s how much the Green New Deal could raise the average household’s annual electric bill, according to a new study from consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. Transitioning all power plants to clean energy — a central goal of the Green New Deal — would cost American consumers…

It’s a challenge trying to be a long-distance Grandpa

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I never met one set of my grandparents, my mother’s parents, the late Amos Whitten Rogers and Elizabeth Mae Rogers of West Virginia. Believe it or not, they were both born in 1875 – 144 years ago! They had 11 children, who were born from 1895 through 1917. My mother was born in 1911. She…

The Memorial Day ceremonies still make me proud of America

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Although it is two months since Memorial Day, it was so meaningful this year that it moved me to tell about it now.  The delay is because while the main media story was the next day, my copier machines are all on the “disabled list” and it was only until mid-July that copies were able…

God-given humor is comforting in my battle with cancer

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Humor is a gift from God – at least I hope so. If not, I’m not sure where my sense of humor came from. Humor produces laughter, and laughter is good medicine for the heart and soul. Ecclesiastes 3:4 tells us there is a time to laugh, “a time to weep and a time to…

Covering the police department can be quite a challenge

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Early in my career as a journalist, I was assigned as a “late night police reporter.” I worked for a big daily newspaper that came out in the mornings. That shift typically was from 3 p.m. to midnight. The newspaper had three staggered editions and the last one – the one that went to people…

Enforcing the laws on the books would cut down on violent crime

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Having been critical, in my opinion, of the misconduct of certain members of the Congress, it seems to be proper to offer some suggestion on how to first stop the progression of violence before more are killed than in the terror shooting in Las Vegas. And then what could be done to reverse this trend…