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California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victory: the environment
July 28, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

For decades, Republicans who won statewide office in California found success, at least in part, by showing sensitivity to voters’ commitment to protecting the environment. But with state unemployment hovering at more than 12%, the two GOP candidates a…

You can't explain away climate change
July 21, 2010 – 7:00 pm | One Comment

You probably won’t hear it from columnist George F. Will, Fox News commentators or the plethora of conservative blogs that have claimed global warming essentially stopped in 1998, but recent figures released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Utility officials unfazed by rejection
June 24, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

Local utility officials say they aren’t fazed by a decision from Maryland energy regulators who, citing unfair charges to customers, rejected a smart meter project similar to those being implemented in Burbank and Glendale.

Baltimore Gas and Electric…

Making more U.S.-made power
June 22, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

The dramatic images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico serve as a stark reminder that America needs to transition to a new clean energy economy.

It’s time for Congress to get serious and enact a bill that will promote cleaner domestic power source…

Judge to rule on deep-water drilling moratorium
June 21, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

Inside New Orleans’ federal courthouse Monday, a judge was deliberating the points of law that could determine the fate of the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling.

Outside, Lucy Lailhengue was marching up and down Poydra…

Food books, a feast of ideas
June 19, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

There’s a Calvinist streak marbling the fat of any good American eater: One hand giveth and the other taketh away. I should. I shouldn’t. Pleasure and pain. I want it but I shouldn’t have it. This is a good time to reflect on just how American our…

Global warming crew riled up
June 18, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

Hell has frozen over! The far-left in America is turning on their guy Barack Obama. After his speech on the oil disaster a few days ago, the crazy left Greek chorus on MSNBC hammered the president. He wasn’t specific enough, he was too weak, I don’t se…

Subtle lessons await all children outside
June 9, 2010 – 7:00 pm | No Comment

When I was a small boy, I usually spent any idle time outdoors. When school was out for the summer, the outdoor time doubled or even tripled.

Once out the back door, I had to entertain myself, often for hours at a time. Sometimes that included kicking…