Clean energy can be our 21st-century moon shot
Guest Column • Doug O'Malley
      Alot of heat — and not so much light — has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy.
More ...

Elegy for a much-loved mother
PATRICIA A. MILLER Ocean View
      As I write this, it's been 25 years to the day, almost to the hour, that my mother left this world. There has not been a day since that I have not thought about her or missed her. This is a little of her story. My mother was born in a snowstorm on Dec. 19, 1919, in New York City. Although both her parents loved her, there was a dark cloud over her childhood.
More ...