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Guest Commentary

Why do we build it?

“Born of cold and winter air And mountain rain combining This icy force both foul and fair Has a frozen heart worth mining So cut through the heart, cold and clear Strike for love and strike for fear See the beauty, sharp and sheer Split the ice apart And break the ...

In honor of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

To the editor: Decades ago I was working on a vacant house I recently bought in the area. On a January day much like today, I was pulling down the plaster and lathe from the 10’ ceiling alone in my vacant, un-heated, no electric power building. Dressed in old work clothes, covered in dust ...

Response to Jed Dukett’s commentary on climate bias

The guest commentary by Jed Dukett on Jan. 11 (“Ignoring the bias in climate change science”) claiming bias in climate change science is deeply flawed and does a disservice to your readers. His assertions spread disinformation about climate science and the scientists working in this field. ...

Troubling symptoms

Writing in Medscape, health journalist Barbara Feder Ostrov notes that many physicians “reacted with the opposite of sympathy” upon learning of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. These doctors reflected “the pent up frustration and anger over what they described as ...

Ignoring the bias in climate change science

Sulfur dioxide pollution, primarily from unregulated coal production, destroyed the air quality across the northern hemisphere in the 20th Century. However, many scientists view sulfur dioxide as only a role player in climate change anxiety. They, instead, steer us toward unnecessary worry ...