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Opinion: Food trucks an American and construction...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 12, 2013
Gastrobus food truck in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com I couldn’t help but notice an ugly irony ...
Opinion: Immigration reform will be good for...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 01, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in a march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by ...
Opinion: Diesel and the truth about MPG ratings
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 28, 2013
America is a great country, but amazingly, breathtakingly and mindbogglingly ignorant about cars and fuel efficiency. If you look in the ...
Opinion: Bill extensions becoming the norm for this...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 21, 2013
I had to laugh a little, sadly, last week when I read that Congress couldn't get a farm bill passed. ...
Friday 5:05: Elvis, “That’s Alright...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 11, 2013
Welcome to the Friday 5:05. Each Friday at precisely 5:05 p.m., Executive Editor Tom Jackson serves up a new jam ...
Brower and Gore: Environmentalists then and now
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 09, 2013
Former Vice President Al Gore delivers a keynote on climate change. One of the pleasures of going home for the ...
Friday 5:05: Tony Rice, “Shady Grove”
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 04, 2013
If this doesn't set your feet to tappin' call the undertaker. Two hundred years ago in England this song was an ...
Opinion: Legalized marijuana bad for construction and...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 04, 2013
Now that Colorado and Washington State have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, the construction industry will be forced ...
Fleeting fame and ‘Machines of Glory’
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jan 04, 2013
OK, I didn't hate it. After you ignored the cringe-worthy title, the television show "Machines of Glory," which aired on Sunday, ...
Friday 5:05: The Landfill Orchestra
Posted by Tom Jackson on Dec 28, 2012
With all the doom of schoolhouse shootings and the gloom of the Mayan apocalypse deferred, perhaps we should end this ...





