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No place for a home
It is often argued that like access to food and clean drinking water, shelter is a basic human right. The...
Read moreCapitalizing on carbon dioxide
Recent technological developments in the electro-reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid, a valuable chemical with possible application in the...
Read moreComplaints going coach
United Airlines quietly announced last week that it’s pulling the plug on a customer call center in India that fields...
Read morePart 2: Neither snow nor rain nor sleet …
As Benjamin Franklin is the acknowledged Republican ancestor of the U.S. Postal Service after having served as the first colonial-era...
Read moreGovernor needs to use his muscle
Sacramento was the place to be this past weekend. Lance Armstrong was in town for time trials in the Tour...
Read moreThe bigot next door
Enthusiasts. Fanatics. Zealots. Extremists. Bigots. These are five words to describe differing levels of devotion to activities and ideals. This...
Read morePutting it in reverse
General Motors and Chrysler must today turn-in their homework, uh, their “viability plans,” to Congress. Watch tonight’s TV news to...
Read moreThe separation of television and state
Obama signed a bi-partisan bill on Feb. 11 decreeing that analog television will remain until June. If you were unaware...
Read moreKatz’ seat a SMRR prize
With the unfortunate passing of Herb Katz last month, there’s now a vacancy on City Council. Procedure calls for the...
Read moreWhat did Darwin believe?
Charles Darwin expounded the theory of evolution in his 1859 book “The Origin of Species.” It was in that book...
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