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You could start a conversation with a vaccine skeptic by asking if they have vaccinated their dog.
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Richard Gelinas
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8/26/26
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KP Reads: Examining the tax system through the lens of America's wealthiest citizens.
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Richard Gelinas
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7/29/26
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We know the genes that lead to bipolar disorder. Collaboration brought success.
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Richard Gelinas
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4/1/26
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KP Reads: Private equity is everybody’s problem now.
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Richard Gelinas
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1/28/26
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You’ve just cut your finger. It hurts, but you wash your hands and, since it’s bleeding, you bandage it. You know that by tomorrow, the cut may be a bit red, but it won’t hurt much. …
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Richard Gelinas
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11/26/25
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I would like to believe that resistance is not futile for free people.
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Richard Gelinas
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8/27/25
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Our first president had to defeat the British
on the battlefield, but to do this he had to
contend with smallpox infections. Smallpox
affected directly or indirectly nearly everyone
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Richard Gelinas
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5/28/25
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Electricity is essential for our way of life. Traditional sources of power derived from renewable sources and fossil fuels are barely adequate to meet our current demands, even as emerging …
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Richard Gelinas
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2/26/25
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Utilities like our own Peninsula Light Co. are in a fix. As consumers, we want our utilities to provide clean, reliable power, even as periods of peak demand become more frequent. Utilities all over …
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Richard Gelinas
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11/28/24
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Recent weather events around the country like cold snaps and hurricanes make me glad I’m served by Peninsula Light Co. Recently our house guests from Portland told us that when the temperature …
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Richard Gelinas
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8/28/24
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I had a poor report card once in middle school, but recent reports on how society has worked on climate change are much worse.
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Richard Gelinas
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5/29/24
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We in the Pacific Northwest have lived in a paradise of low-cost electricity for decades. It’s a mix of hydroelectric power (75%) supplemented by wind power (10%), natural gas (10%) and nuclear …
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Richard Gelinas
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2/28/24
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Cement making around the world releases so much carbon dioxide that if it were a country, it would be the third biggest source of CO2 pollution.
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Richard Gelinas
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11/30/23
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It was wonderful seeing you and your kids at the family reunion last month. We’re still finding specks of glitter and tiny beads amid the chalk drawings on the deck, where they did craft …
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Richard Gelinas
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8/30/23
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We pay about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity in Washington state, much less than the national median of 15 cents per kilowatt-hour. Here I’m just comparing the electricity costs, not the …
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Richard Gelinas
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5/31/23
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Harnessing fusion energy as a source for carbon-free, near limitless electricity seemed much closer last November when the Department of Energy breathlessly announced a key advance: there was a …
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Richard Gelinas
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2/1/23
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In “Saving Us,” Katharine Hayhoe suggests that the most important thing any of us can do to fight climate change is to discuss it with others.
She admits it can be hard to have a …
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Richard Gelinas
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12/28/22
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Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Therapeutics developed wonderfully effective vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2020 based on RNA therapy.
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Richard Gelinas
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9/28/22
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Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2020 novel presents a sobering but plausible time for us as our planet warms due to sunlight-trapping gases derived from the use of fossil fuels. While fiction, its …
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Richard Gelinas
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7/27/22
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Thin sheets of carbon, one atom thick, called graphene dramatically improve the strength of cement and concrete. A pinch or two of graphene can also improve the properties of other materials — …
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Richard Gelinas
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6/29/22
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