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    The emissions report by the EPA reveals the oil and natural gas sector, far from harming the environment, is actually helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    EPA is right to applaud oil and natural gas companies

    Guest Contributor - August 19, 2018
    So you’re an adjunct professor working for peanuts. The expansion of universities has led to adjunct faculty working for wages that are below minimum wage.

    So you’re an adjunct professor working for peanuts

    Rick Miller - August 19, 2018
    The Mr. Rogers movie “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” reminded me of some of the unintended consequences of Trump’s aggressive use of economic sanctions.

    Not “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”: unintended consequences of Trump’s aggressive use of...

    Guest Contributor - August 18, 2018
    Democrats' immigration dogma is damaging African American communities

    Democrats’ immigration dogma is damaging African American communities

    Guest Contributor - August 17, 2018
    Council on Foreign Relations tightens its grip on establishment media as Facebook, Google, and Twitter censor and begin to close out all opposition media

    Next move: close out all opposition media?

    Harold Pease - August 16, 2018
    Medicaid expansion via Proposition 3 would be a boon for Utah’s economy, study says

    Medicaid expansion via Proposition 3 would be a boon for Utah’s...

    Guest Contributor - August 15, 2018
    Bills H.R. 5597 and H.R. 3297 would force the Northern Corridor/Washington Parkway though the heart of our Red Cliffs Desert Reserve

    Longing for reasonable leaders of the ‘90s

    Lisa Rutherford - August 14, 2018
    Want to save the environment? Support offshore drilling

    Want to save the environment? Support offshore drilling

    Guest Contributor - August 13, 2018
    Devoting time, money, and energy to speculative technologies like negative emission technologies is wasteful.

    Don’t gamble the planet’s future on unproven technologies

    Guest Contributor - August 12, 2018
    Trump's trade war is economic suicide

    Trump’s trade war is economic suicide

    Guest Contributor - August 11, 2018
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