December 19, 2019
The good news behind climate change ‘tipping point’
I love chemistry. I majored in chemistry in college and then I taught chemistry for 38 years. And now I have been studying the chemistry of global warming.
I love chemistry. I majored in chemistry in college and then I taught chemistry for 38 years. And now I have been studying the chemistry of global warming.
The impeachment proceedings to investigate allegations of impropriety in the Donald Trump presidency will impact many American households this Thanksgiving. Families will be confronted by political tensions of a profound nature this year. There is no sugarcoating it: there is a base of people who believe Trump’s lies and the absurd defenses offered for his corrupt acts.
As online shopping has steadily grown during the past decade, brick and mortar retail businesses have been looking at new ways to address this shift in consumer behavior.
Just before Veterans Day, the last known survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor died at age 98. With the passing of George Hursey of Massachusetts, it closed that chapter of World War II (WWII) — the world’s most deadly conflict in which over 60 million people perished.
Now that President Trump’s impeachment process is formally underway, Democrats and Republicans need to avoid becoming completely absorbed by it. They must work together on other important issues such as immigration, health care, education, infrastructure, environment and trade agreements.
By Ken Fisher Guest Columnist It is unfortunate but inevitable that recent national news stories about me and Fisher Investments cause some concern in our community. …
The Oregonian characterized the 2019 wildfire season as the “season that wasn’t.” That’s good news for West Coast states; however, it doesn’t mean we are permanently “out of the woods.”
An open letter to U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.):
Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes and fees on taxpayers; however, it comes back to bite them hard when people move, or take matters into their own hands by initiative.
The Republicans are on the sidelines on the climate crisis. Government scientists are muzzled. Leading Democrats — though not all — are cautious. CEOs of some of America’s biggest corporations are pledging action while others, like investment firms, fossil fuel companies and Charles Koch’s lobbyists, are downright hostile. And Donald Trump, the world’s leading climate change denier, did not even attend a United Nations (UN) climate summit on Sept. 23, even though he was in the UN building the same day.
