writeaboutwarming

July 4, 2009 – My apologies, once again, for the dark print. You know, Cincinnati has the reputation of being 10 years behind the rest of the country. That reputation is well earned, in my opinion. It came to the fore on yesterday’s Op Ed page of The Cincinnati Enquirer . The newspaper, like the area it serves, is a bit stodgy and fairly conservative. It’s not a bad paper, though the quality of journalism, like everywhere else, continues the general trend downward. So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when I read Peter Bronson’s column regarding the energy bill passed by the House this week. Bronson contends the bill is “awful,” and besides, it addresses a problem “that might happen in 100 years – if ever.” Good grief - where to start. Mr. Bronson fails to grasp that the members of Congress who wrote the bill are experts on the subject. They have many years of studying the subject under their belts. How could they have had all that time to study? Why, thanks to the Bus...