Opinion
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GREENS: Gored by Cliff Harris
Cliff, you got everybody in a tizzy! You have disturbed the sacred religion of GORAL! All the minions will now dismantle you with big words like quack and debunked. They all send money five times a day for carbon c…
CALIFORNIA: Good ol' days were nasty
The recent letters in The Press about California the formerly Golden State now the Goldenly Fleeced state brings back fond memories of my 62 years as a resident there.
WATER: Rules apply to all
Pinehurst has a water restriction going on now. On my bike ride, the short route I take, there were three homes with their yard sprinklers going. It was 3 in the afternoon. Do these people think the rules don’t app…
COLUMN: Myth trumps science
Has Cliff Harris heard of the Internet?
TEACHERS: Idaho losing good ones
During the implementing of the NASA program in the 1960s, math and science teachers in Texas, Alabama and California were recruited from public schools with salaries they could not refuse. The schools lost a genera…
CDA: Boaters are voters, too
Time to clean house. The days for over spending and failure to listen to the voting public on issues that affect the quality of life in our city are over. The City Council’s failure to address important issues is a…
MAJ: Thanks for everything
My family and I were deeply saddened to learn of the recent kayaking death of Maj StormoGipson. We knew her to be a compassionate and gracious person.
NATION: Why chaos is near
I would like respond to Bob Hollingsworth’s “My Turn” opinion. Although I am in full agreement with the first paragraph of your letter, I have issues with the rest.
MY TURN: Opinion minus the poison
What a pleasant departure it was to read “My Turn: ‘Sainthood: A Closer Look’” in Friday’s (July 26) Press. A pleasant departure from the vitriolic, uninformed, hate-speech that all too often accompanies a differen…
Art fans, here you go
This is no time for Mother Nature to mess with one of the region's most popular summer rituals. But what can you do besides bring an umbrella and mumble a little bit?
SEA: Experience it vicariously
Semester at Sea has been a passion of mine since my first Around the World Voyage in 1998.
LIBERALS: On conquest mission
Right on, Kent Setty. Liberals like to manipulate the facts and expect everyone to believe them. I never discuss anything with liberals or tree stumps. But I would like to know why if it is so good in California wh…
COLUMN: 'Facts' are just hot air
Re: Where does carbon dioxide really come from? by Cliff Harris.
COLUMN: False - and harmful
In Monday’s column, Mr. Harris published an article by Professor Ian Plimer that states huge amounts of carbon dioxide come from volcanic eruptions. To quote “When the volcano Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippine…
COLUMN: Press should fact-check
The Press is doing a terrible disservice to its readers and to truth and legitimacy by continuing to publish the writing of Cliff Harris. My wife and I visit this area, where I grew up, once a summer, and I thought…