"Prescribed Burn Season Begins" read a headline in a Colorado newspaper that publishes my column. The report said that forestry officials planned to intentionally set easily-controllable fires on parcels of bone-dry woods. By reducing the density of potential fuel, they would dramatically reduce the threat of massive forest fires in the future. The burns would also make habitats more livable for wildlife. I suggest you make this your metaphor, Leo. If you burn a little now, you'll prevent a bigger burn later.

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