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Time to Uproot Some Perennial Farming Myths

As California descends further into its worst drought in recorded history, Golden Staters are looking for someone to blame. Many city-dwellers have pointed fingers at the State’s farmers and ranchers.

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Walk About, Take In Your Surroundings

Before I begin, I want to point out that this column isn’t for the people who jog, play with their children outside or have dogs that need to be walked often.

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Solar Cooking with the All American Sun Oven

August is hot enough to fry an egg. So why not use August to literally fry an egg? Or at least make a quiche. Or roast a chicken.

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DIY Squirrel Feeders

If you have a charismatic hungry squirrel in your life, it can be hard (or impossible) to shoo it away from the bird feeders which you lovingly stock with great expense each month.

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Walmart of War No More

The New York Times recently published “Criminal Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton’s Use of Email.” Regardless of criminality or not, why hide governmental email?

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A Second Amendment Thing

Following the shootings at a movie theater in Lafayette, La., governor Bobby Jindal proposed a plan to put metal detectors in movie theaters.

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Are Invasive Species Bad?

There’s an old saying: if it’s not broke, don’t fix it!

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Feeling the Bern from Wall Street to Dickson Street

Beware of the Bern! Ivory tower pundits dismiss the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, but a grassroots revolution appears to be spreading like wildfire.

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Lovely Ladybugs

Do ladybugs bring good luck? Well, not if you’re an aphid.

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An Open Letter To [The Majority Of] Modern Politicians

I’ve got a major bone to pick with the way this country is operated.