In this
Edition
By Louis M.
Zickar,
Editor
Benjamin
Franklin
once said
that death
and taxes
are the only
things
certain.
For a time
this summer,
it appeared
that rising
gas prices
could be
added to the
list.
Although
autumn has
brought some
relief at
the pump,
there can be
little doubt
that the
energy
challenges.......MORE
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In the
Arena:
Gov. Bobby
Jindal
By Meredith
Freed
During a
July 2008
interview,
Louisiana
Governor
Bobby Jindal
told Fox
News that,
“when
something
happens in
your state,
as a
governor,
you have got
to [be]
willing to
make those
hard choices
and not
worry about
taking the
blame
later.” In
early
September
when........MORE
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A New
Manhattan
Project
By
Lamar
Alexander
In 1942,
President
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
asked Sen.
Kenneth
McKellar,
the
Tennessean
who chaired
the
Appropriations
Committee,
to hide $2
billion in
the
appropriations
bill for a
secret
project to
win World
War II.
Senator
McKellar
replied,
"Mr.
President, I
have"............MORE
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Coin-Operated
Living
By David W.
Kreutzer
As a student
(a drop-out
student) I
took a tour
of Europe in
1977. Done
on $10 per
day, the
tour
introduced
me to
coin-operated
water
heaters.
They were
not limited
to cheap
hotels, but
were also
found in
some rental
units of
people I
visited. I
remember
taking
shorter...........MORE |
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Technology &
the Drilling
Debate
By
Jack Gerard
The
birthright
of all
Americans is
our public
lands and
our federal
offshore
areas, which
contain vast
amounts of
oil and
natural
gas. Many
people are
surprised by
just how
much oil and
natural gas
we, the
people own.
Yet, what
surprises
them even
more is how
much of it
has been
locked up by
federal law..........MORE |
Water: Our
Most
Precious
Resource
By Vernon J.
Ehlers
This past
summer, when
gas prices
were
skyrocketing
across the
country,
Congress
struggled to
find a
solution
that would
immediately
help people
deal with
this new
financial
burden. It
is clear
that the
crux of the
issue lies
in our
dependence
upon crude
oil.
According to
the.............MORE
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America's
Power Grid
By Thomas R.
Kuhn
In difficult
economic
times such
as these, it
can be hard
to remain
optimistic.
But the
nation’s
electric
power
industry
is. We are
building for
the future.
And we
remain
dedicated to
ensuring
that
the next
generation
of Americans
can continue
to enjoy a
reliable,
affordable
and......MORE |
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The
Challenges
That Lie
Ahead
By Chuck
Hagel
Elections
are about
course
corrections,
and
Americans
are in a
serious mood
to change
the
direction of
their
country.
According to
a recent
Washington
Post-ABC
Poll,
eighty-four
percent of
Americans
believe
America is
headed in
the wrong
direction.
Gallup says
it's...........MORE
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