Duane Laird

My Articles

• Parking Meters at Schools Could Reduce Pollution

  Every once in a while I get hit by a bolt of lightingan idea so incredibly luminous that I have to raise my hand to shield my eyes from the pure white...

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• Plastic Bag Tax A Workable Solution

  It was pouring rain, and my wife and I had just settled into bed. As we lay in the darkness listening to the pounding outside, wondering how our new l...

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• Recycling Construction Waste

  After a lot of discussion about the pros and cons of being able to see the floor in the garage for the first time in a decade, my wife Maggie agreed t...

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• Grow Your Own Garlic

  I've been married for just three years this July, and so there are still some things about my wife that I am just learning. For example, I didn't know...

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• The Advantages of a Reel Lawn Mower

  My father was not prone to swearing in front of children, and there were only two times I can remember him letting loose with a malediction. The first...

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