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Ask Eartha: Environmental impact adds new wrinkle to quest to find jeans that fit

Dear Eartha, Some might accuse me of being a diva, but I try to balance my passion for fashion with my environmental values. Have any tips for staying eco-chic? — Justine I am so glad that you’ve decided to take your inner fashionista to the ne …

Biff America: A close call and foul language

I’ve found that while good things often require time and patience to occur, bad stuff seems to happen in a heartbeat. I call them “Oh, s**t” moments. You’ll be driving down a highway that you assume is dry. But what you thought was blacktop is reall …

Morgan Liddick lives in Summit County. His column appears in every Tuesday in the Summit Daily News.

Liddick: How Greenpeace stole Christmas

On the threshold of Christmas, it’s time for the annual Grinning Grinch award, given to the group whose ad demonstrates the most sociopathic use of what the ancient Besançon carol called “the Crowning of the Year.” This year’s “Grinchie” goes to Gree …

Writers on the Range: Climate anxiety is a real affliction

The rains had been heavy on and off for weeks, soaking the ground, washing away the soil, and undercutting our yard and those of our neighbors. This happened 45 years ago, when we lived on a steep mountain ridge in the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa B …

Bargell: Summit School District right to take student attendance seriously

A dusty dragon peers at me from my daughter’s shelf, a remnant of a prior season in our lives. He sports the colors that have been abandoned in favor of green and gold, and the small smile that nearly brings a tear to my eye. I know that even though …

Ask Eartha: The burdens of honeybees

Dear Eartha, I recently watched “Vanishing of the Bees” and was extremely concerned about our pollinators. What do you think are the driving forces behind CCD and how do we save the bees? — Jon, Dillon Valley This morning my inbox screamed “Col …

Sirota: The connection between poverty and education

Google the phrase “education crisis” and you’ll be hit with a glut of articles, blog posts and think tank reports claiming the entire American school system is facing an emergency. Much of this agitprop additionally asserts that teachers unions are t …