Category: Columns
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As Hackers Get Smarter, Energy Industry Is Shoring Up Its Defenses
This article was written for and appeared first at Inside Issues. America is under attack. Every day, we’re besieged by a group of enemy combatants. Nameless, faceless, and spread throughout the world, this group is united by a single aim: to upend American life as we know it. These attackers are not soldiers or terrorists…
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An Open Letter to President Trump, Commander in Chief
I’ve known Doug Ross for years and he is an excellent journalist, strong conservative and all around wonderful guy. When I saw this letter to the President, I knew it must be shared far and wide. After reading a portion on the air – the email response was overwhelming, people want to read it for…
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Why NAACP’s Anti-Oil And Gas Report Is Hot Air
This article first appeared at Investors Business Daily The NAACP recently published a paper with a dramatic claim: “African-Americans face a disproportionate risk of health problems from pollution caused by the oil and gas industry.” It generated many headlines. But it’s deeply misleading. Instead of acknowledging the complex factors that cause health problems in minority communities, the…
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Draining The Swamp Does Not Include Energy Subsidies
By Stacy Washington at The Daily Caller May 20, 18 As a matter of policy, President Barack Obama set the destruction of the coal industry in his sights and was unfortunately efficient in executing his mission. In response, the Trump administration executed a directional shift towards supporting clean coal, acknowledging that over 80 percent of…
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We don’t need larger semi-trucks on Missouri roads… My latest in the Kansas City Star
BY STACY WASHINGTON Special to The Star March 24, 2018 08:30 PM Updated March 24, 2018 08:30 PM Friends residing in large cities lament the condition of their roads and the daily rush hour traffic jams they experience. When those friends visit us here in Missouri, the compliments flow about how well our roads are…
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Why raising the age to buy guns is a dangerous ploy – my latest at the Washington Times
By Stacy Washington for The Washington Times Tuesday, March 20, 2018 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Politically correct retailers are traveling down a road of discrimination by setting their own arbitrary age limits for purchasing guns. Since the horrible shooting last month in Parkland, Florida, age restrictions for purchasing the boogeyman of choice — the dreaded AR-15 — have…
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Cities Need Solutions, Not Scapegoating, to Solve Homicide Epidemic
By Stacy Washington originally appearing at Real Clear Politics Featured image: Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP February 23, 2018 While Baltimore and Chicago grab headlines, St. Louis counts its dead quietly. For the fourth year in a row, St. Louis reigns supreme as the per capita murder capital of America. The 2017 murder rate was 66 per…
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Choosing Freedom, Not Fear
Black women in Chicago are getting firearms training and concealed-carry licenses to defend themselves in a city plagued with violence. Great news out of violence-plagued Chicago’s South Side: A growing number of black women are buying guns, getting trained in their proper use and receiving concealed-carry licenses. So far this year, 1,368 carry licenses have…