Plastic in Oceans is Un-American, Literally

April 28, 2023

Steve Moore’s “Committee to Unleash Prosperity” often shares charts and graphs that graphically illustrate otherwise complex arguments, a simple picture often being worth a thousand words. One especially impressive bar chart calls attention to a thorough study, published in the journal Environmental Science, analyzing plastic debris in the world’s oceans to find out how it […]

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Lighting the Way to More Government

April 19, 2023

Light bulb jokes were popular for years as a way to poke fun at stereotypes. I remember an old one during the Reagan years, about how many Republicans it took to change a light bulb. It took one to screw in the bulb, one to steady the chandelier, one to claim the bulb wasn’t truly […]

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Will They Ever Get Tired of Losing?

April 11, 2023

The Detroit Lions have not won a playoff game since 1991 and have never been to the Super Bowl. But no defeat stops them from trying again and again. Just like the EPA. A month ago in this space, we talked about a new round of litigation regarding the Administration’s latest attempt to control all […]

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When Politics Overrules the Science

April 5, 2023

A few days ago on Capitol Hill, I attended a truly bizarre committee hearing. The Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee heard testimony on bills to remove gray wolves and grizzly bears from the endangered species list. Both species are fully recovered and no longer in danger of extinction, but the hearing wasn’t really about that. […]

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Still Not Good Enough

March 29, 2023

When Vincent Van Gogh painted “Starry Night” in 1889, he did not consider it a masterpiece, certainly not the third most famous painting in world history, although Internet searches have given it that distinction (behind only DaVinci’s Mona Lisa and Last Supper). In fact, Van Gogh didn’t even think it was very good, as he […]

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How to Unite a Divided Region

March 24, 2023

With the departure of Club 20’s executive director, and the search for a new one, several observers openly wonder whether the organization can still accomplish what it became famous for, uniting the Western Slope to speak with one voice on important issues. Two weeks ago we discussed why that still matters, but also had to […]

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Are We Encroaching, or Are They?

March 17, 2023

A little girl was playing in the ocean with her family at Huntington Beach, California when a coyote came charging across the sand and attacked, putting the little girl in the hospital. Another coyote went after a child on her home’s front porch in Dallas. Human encounters with angry wildlife are rare but seem to […]

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Why CLUB 20 Still Matters

March 14, 2023

I served as President of Club 20 through the decade of the 1990s, a period of great change and significant growth for the organization, which had been around for forty years as the voice of the Western Slope. I followed in the footsteps of two giants, my predecessors John Vanderhoof and Bill Cleary, who had […]

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How Many Times Must We Do This?

March 7, 2023

Twenty-three states have now sued the EPA over its so-called “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, because once again, the agency is asserting federal authority over water not covered under the law. The lawsuit says the rule “goes beyond the power Congress delegated in the Clean Water Act, raises serious constitutional concerns, and runs […]

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Time to Bite the Bullet Again

February 25, 2023

When we have to do something unpleasant, the common expression is “bite the bullet.” The phrase originated on Civil War battlefields when amputations often had to be done without anesthetics. To distract the patient from excruciating pain, he would be given a lead bullet to bite down on. Sticks or leather were common, too, but […]

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