A bullet through the heart
WASHINGTON -- In the annals of murder trials, few testimonies can rival the impact of slain teenager Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina...
View ArticleTime to treat U.S. citizens like adults
WASHINGTON -- I don't believe government officials when they say the National Security Agency's surveillance programs do not invade our...
View ArticleUnderstand free speech before crying wolf
Some folks have strange ideas about the First Amendment. Funny thing, that, since it's mainly those of teabag persuasion that...
View ArticleHealth care system saps patients of financial strength
I have cancer and both the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the SCCA, and Regence BlueShield sent letters saying that the SCCA would no...
View ArticleDam would help reduce flooding
As I have lived for over 50 years on the Skykomish River farming, I have come to the conclusion that we should reduce the flooding of the...
View ArticleWe need real answers on Syria
Please do not print half of the story, complete it.We have been down this path before. I would like to know if Syria's use of...
View ArticleNot a concern, not human-caused
I agree with Charles Krauthammer's Friday column on Obama's recent speech on climate change. ("
View ArticleGive bike riders a break on car tabs
I'm tired of reading letters from people who want to tax/license bicycles. Instead of taxing bicycles, I have a better idea. If a bicycle...
View ArticleGetting the big parts right
It wasn't the Vatican, but the state Liquor Control Board sent up a wisp of smoke on Wednesday, indicating it had anointed a set of...
View ArticleCommunity very grateful for dedicated, dogged police
I don't pretend to know how they did it.Unlike television which -- with all of its crime dramas -- has it that cute, perky,...
View ArticleEgypt's dark future
WASHINGTON -- What's happening in Egypt is not a second revolution or a "correction" to the first. It is a coup d'etat that puts the...
View ArticleU.S. right to 'lead from behind' on Egypt
"Leading from behind" would seem the right place for America to be in the complex crisis engulfing Egypt. But critics want President...
View ArticleHomonyms can lead to egg on face
The latest attack of homonyms not caught by the spell checker occurred on the bottom left corner of page A7 of the Monday paper.
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