Public safety agencies across America face the same problems as other employers—finding enough qualified workers. The difference is our safety is increasingly at risk.
Recently, activists paddled a flotilla of kayaks – made from petroleum products – into the Seattle harbor in an attempt to blockade a Shell Oil offshore drilling platform destined for the Arctic.
Will you celebrate Tax Freedom Day this year? Until April 24, every penny we've earned in 2015 goes to pay your taxes.
When my parents graduated from high school in 1936, a college education was too expensive for the son of a copper miner and the daughter of a plumber.
The good news is we are developing new life-saving medications every day. The bad news is they are very expensive, and paying for them could bankrupt our health care system.
It's about time to replace Air Force One, the president's plane; however, the new version may not be a Boeing 747. It may be a 777.
Today, there is a tendency to look with distain at manufacturing facilities, especially those located on working waterfronts.
It is human nature to take things for granted. When you've always had something, when it's been around your entire life, it's only natural to overlook it, to think it will always be here.
For activists intent on stopping all use of fossil fuel, train safety has become their cause du jour. After all, if you can block transport of fossil fuels, you can choke off their use.
Adversity often brings out the best in people. We find ways to pitch in and solve problems that government can’t.
“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is especially important when it comes to taxes and regulations.
An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?”
As Congress and state legislatures struggle with the sluggish economy, high unemployment and growing deficits, it may seem that a solution is out of reach.
For years, energy experts warned us that regulations and policies that reduce the supply of affordable conventional energy would result in higher prices for American families.
The battle lines over alternatives such as charter public schools or school vouchers have been sharply drawn in our state.
With a bad economy, political bickering in our nation’s capital and daily news coverage of raucous protests here at home, it may seem harder to get into the Christmas spirit this year.
Just about the time the Congressional “Super Committee” declared failure, our national debt clock rolled past $15 trillion. Even as the discussions, co-chaired by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ground to a halt and Congress left the Capitol for Thanksgiving, the debt clock kept ticking.
