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Roost: Three reasons to worry about genetically modified organisms

Amy Roost

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a broad group of plants, animals and bacteria that are engineered for a wide variety of applications ranging from agricultural production to scientific research. We’re not talking plumcots here.

Lyles: Who is watching out for us? Not government, corporations

Dick Lyles

The potential health impact of modified plants on animals and humans is by far the most significant concern. In the past we’ve seen the horrific, negative impact of herbicides like Agent Orange and pesticides such as DDT on animals and humans.

Elias: How much should non-doctors do?

Thomas Elias

One thing is certain as California heads for a new health insurance era under the Affordable Health Care Act, better known as Obamacare: Almost all parts of the state will need more medical professionals to serve the additional 2 million to 4 million newly insured Californians

Emery: Farewell to a sweet lady

Bob Emery

A couple of years ago, I wrote about a newly discovered deep sea mollusk named bathymodiolus nancyschneiderae. The creature was named in honor of longtime Poway resident Nancy Schneider.

Roost: Mourning so much innocence lost

Amy Roost

Last week, a hummingbird flew into my home through a screen door left open. He flew this way and that, then headed straight for the sunlight shining through a skylight above my bed. And there he got stuck.

Lyles: Ignoring facts, Sacramento liberals push gun control

Dick Lyles

I’ve never been one to gloat, but I told you so. Last year when the Democrats managed to achieve a super majority in both houses of the California Legislature I predicted that the legislative agenda would become more absurd and irrelevant while the state’s major problems would go unattended, keeping the state on a path toward financial disaster.

Lippman: San Diego leads charge on cancer medicine

Dr. Scott Lippman

Recently, Time magazine emblazoned its cover with the headline “How to Cure Cancer” and suggested, perhaps a bit too breathlessly, that major breakthroughs were just around the corner. There is reason for optimism.

Hemphill: What to make of Common Core Standards?

Allen Hemphill

Without delving into the complaints and cross-complaints, I admit that my initial reaction is to support some Common Core Standards.

Dick Lyles: Sequestration was a joke; a bad idea in the first place

Dick Lyles

Any discussion of sequestration should start with the question “Was sequestration a good idea in the first place?”

Amy Roost: ‘A self-imposed crisis that could have been averted’

Amy Roost

I agree with Dick Lyles and President Obama that sequestration was a bad idea. It was designed to be. It is the fiscal equivalent of the Cold War mutually assured destruction or MAD concept.

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