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Time to reconsider daylight saving time?

November 4, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Energy, Ideas, Science, Uncategorized One comment

After “falling back” an hour over the past weekend, we’re all blearily adjusting to the time shift imposed on us by the end of

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Do immunizations cause autism? Don’t ask a celebrity

September 9, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Children, Good government, Health, Public safety, Science Leave a comment

We don’t take advice from celebrities on many issues, like how to avoid scandal or how to turn down Oprah’s request for an interview.

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Bees matter. We need to protect them, before it’s too late

August 1, 2013 Renee Shur Business, Consumer issues, Economy, Food, Science, Technology Leave a comment

Did you know that 40 percent of our food is thrown into landfills every year? That shocking statistic comes to us courtesy of the

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Fukushima’s radioactive waste water: The sins of the fathers?

April 15, 2013 Susan Cunningham Energy, Environment, Health, International, Science Leave a comment

I just read with horror about the radioactive waste water leaking from the damaged nuclear facility in Japan. The hurricane and tsunami that hit

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I’m shocked! GOP calls Obama budget a “shocking attack on seniors”

April 12, 2013 Madonna Gauding Courts, Reproductive rights, Science, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

This was, of course, entirely predictable. President Obama is the only elected official in Washington to officially propose a cut in Social Security. Moral

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Beefing up the facts on global warming

March 11, 2013 Renee Shur Climate Change, Consumer issues, Environment, Science One comment

In a shameless demonstration of feigned ignorance and pandering, some climate-change denying Republicans, like Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, and Speaker John Boehner, have

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What I saw at the “Forward on Climate” rally

March 1, 2013 Mike Davis Climate Change, Environment, Politics, Science Leave a comment

350.org, The Sierra Club and The Hip Hop Caucus organized the largest environmental protest in US history, on February 17th, 2013, with attendance estimated

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Smarter roads for the future

February 20, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Energy, Environment, Science, Transportation One comment

Twenty million miles of road snake across the surface of the earth. That’s enough pavement to wrap around the equator 833 times—or enough road

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Go do your homework while I watch the game

January 25, 2013 Susan Cunningham Children, Education, Ideas, Missouri region, Science, Sports, Youth issues Leave a comment

“Do as I say, not as I do.” Do you remember that expression? It’s stuck in my memory from childhood days. Lately it has been

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Nate Silver: 2012 (Data)person of the year

January 3, 2013 Renee Shur Education, Good government, Ideas, Media, Obama, Politics, Science, Technology, Uncategorized 2 comments

It’s official.  Time magazine recently anointed Barack Obama as the 2012 Person of the Year.  With all due respect to the editors of Time—and

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