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Tilted Windmills: The skinny on fat
It is time to share my theory of “Finite Adipose Tissue.” This is also called the F.A.T. hypothesis. It is very simple: There is a limited and static amount of fat in the world. If someone loses a...
Aug 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tilted Windmills: Americans have talent
Watching “America’s Got Talent” raises the question: Does the whole nation have a talent or talents, or do individual Americans have talents? I assume the apostrophe denotes a conjunction of “has”...
Aug 13, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Town Crier: It's not the owner — it's the breed
As a one-time owner, I know it’s time to tell the truth. Pit bulls are just more dangerous than most other dogs.
Aug 06, 2010 | 69 69 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tilted Windmills: Let there be light — Duracell or Eveready
When it comes to flashlights, size matters.
Jul 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Her Voice: Bag ban is no way to protect the environment
There are a lot of opinions when it comes to Assembly Bill 1998, a piece of legislation that aims to ban bags at grocery stores. In fact, I’ve heard many irresponsible, heavy-handed comments about...
Jul 23, 2010 | 7 7 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Her Voice: Bag ban is no way to protect the environment
Factually challenged arguments are clouding the real issue at hand — why are lawmakers worrying about grocery bags right now?
Jul 22, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tilted Windmills: Puffing your life away
by Mike McLellan / For the Tracy Press
Jul 16, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
It is not clear where the term “cold turkey” came from, unless it describes what you feel like when you do it. I am not perfect — this surprises many of you — but I do indeed know what “cold turk...
Living Green: Litter in the breeze
by Christina Frankel / For the Tracy Press
Jul 16, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Plastic grocery bags are a plague on the environment, but there are things you can do and laws to pass that would help.
Tilted Windmills: Eat it all without shame
by Mike McLellan / For the Tracy Press
Jul 09, 2010 | 4 4 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
If you're going to go to a buffet, you need to follow some simple rules if you're really going to enjoy it.
His Voice: Pushing the local agenda in D.C.
by By Leroy Ornellas / For the Tracy Press
Jul 09, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A county supervisor recaps a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C.
His Voice: Stockton site clearly trumps French Camp for veterans facility
by Kevin Huber / For the Tracy Press
Jul 02, 2010 | 26 26 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
The Tracy Press missed the mark when it recommended what is clearly an inferior site for a new Veterans Administration facility.
Living Green: Green jobs are the future
by Christina Frankel / For the Tracy Press
Jun 25, 2010 | 8 8 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s a sobering image: Well-dressed people, standing patiently in long lines while they wait for any prospect of a job. For most, the image is only a picture, a page in the history of the Great Dep...
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