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Gastrobus food truck in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com

Opinion: Food trucks an American and construction...

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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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants participate in a march for Immigrants and Mexicans protesting against Illegal Immigration reform by U.S. Congress in Los Angeles in 2006. Credit: Spirit of America / Shutterstock.com

Opinion: Immigration reform will be good for...

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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

Opinion: Diesel and the truth about MPG ratings

Emissions

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 Congress

Opinion: Bill extensions becoming the norm for this...

Business

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 Mama”

Friday 5:05: Elvis, “That’s Alright...

Construction Blog

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 ...

Former Vice President Al Gore delivers a keynote on climate change.

Brower and Gore: Environmentalists then and now

Emissions

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”

Friday 5:05: Tony Rice, “Shady Grove”

Construction Blog

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 society

Opinion: Legalized marijuana bad for construction and...

Workforce

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’

Fleeting fame and ‘Machines of Glory’

Equipment

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

Friday 5:05: The Landfill Orchestra

Construction Blog

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 ...

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