Is It Possible to Save the Climate and Boost the Economy?

A plan exists that will both preserve the climate and benefit the economy. Called Carbon Fee and Dividend, endorsed by bipartisan leaders, the plan features a fee, starting low and steadily rising, on fossil fuels, assessed where they enter the economy, at the well, mine, or border.

Eat To Live Or Live To Eat

Three friends met for lunch. One observes another drinking water between bites of her sandwich. This person got full at once. One friend remarked about the one who got full first, "She eats to live we live to eat." Does a person eat by the time clock?

Talk Isn’t Cheap

Look at your cell phone bill. Just recently my daughter and I were forced by our conscience to cut our connection with our modern Samsung Note 4s’ which were leased. After nine weeks of being lessees, we were socked with a bill of $300 for two consecutive months. It was a bitter pill to swallow: this we couldn’t afford.

Dear Mayor de Blasio: Increase Funding to Increase Police Protection

Dear Mayor de Blasio:

The NYPD’s 102nd Precinct, which serves our area, is doing a great job addressing major issues with the manpower available to them. Violent crime is still down, historically speaking. The dedicated officers at the 102 go above and beyond the call of duty, often spending their own time to make our community safer. However, I am concerned with the quality of life issues in our community, which may not get the headlines. Everyday issues that every person has to deal with: the local mugging and car break-ins, where people don’t lose much and don’t report the incident because that would only cost them more time and anguish; the blasting of music, not only in the late hours of the night but during the afternoon and even morning hours, where people can’t even enjoy their back and front yards and feel threatened by the remarks and looks when approaching noisy neighbors asking them to be considerate of their neighbors.