To the average American, solving the oil spill problem in the Gulf of Mexico seems simple enough. Stop the oil from rushing out of the hole a mile under the surface; and, at the same time, use every means available to keep the oil from coming ashore through an organized and coordinated clean up effort. [...]
Every few years the political party not in power promises change if they get elected. We have heard this rhetoric time and time again at the local, state and national levels. Often the public votes for change, but when the dust settles everything reverts back to business, make that politics, as usual.
The presidential election of [...]
With so many cars being recalled for repairs or fixing of design problems, it makes one wonder if the manufacturers are producing inferior quality products. Are regulations too strict? Or, have cars have become too complex, thereby increasing the possibility of problems? It’s safe to suspect the problems are a combination of all these factors.
Until [...]
We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]
If politics and ideology were not part of the issue, I believe pre-boomers could come together and find a practical, common-sense solution for dealing with climate change, greenhouse gases and preserving our planet for the health and well-being of our grand children and the generations to follow.
We grew up in an era when factories belching [...]
