Wrong to fault PUD in lost sale
It is understandable that emotions run high in difficult situations; however, the Thursday letter from Mr. Zevenbergen couldn't be further from the...
View ArticleJudge too lenient in sentencing
Regarding the Friday article, "Bandit gets 7 years": I only hope that when...
View ArticleYou're no nitwit, just misfit
As Yukon Cornelius says to Rudolph, after the red-nosed reindeer is denied his request to live on the Island of Misfit Toys: "How do you like that?...
View ArticleDue time to end failed occupation
The American occupation in Iraq was a war in failure. This is one reason why the U.S. officials quietly ended its presence. Another reason for...
View ArticleSome simple advice about Christmas
Payroll tax cut extension, government shutdown, Newt, Mitt, Harry, Obama, Syria, Mahmoud I'madinnerjacket (or something like that), my ever-shrinking...
View ArticleCelebrating all people's right to prayer
Hanukkah tends to pop up in the same month -- and, like this year, sometimes even the same week -- as Christmas. So it's not all that surprising that...
View ArticleStalemate a losing strategy
Congress, which had been running neck-and-neck with Greece for Worst Performance in Government in 2011, will be hard to catch now.
View ArticleCivility, manners don't cost a thing
With holiday shopping at its frenzied peak, I'd like to share an idea with all the shoppers out there. Before you unleash your stressed-out anger on...
View ArticleHow quick to the exits in Afghanistan?
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. John Allen insists that there is "no daylight" between him and President Obama about policy for continued troop...
View ArticleLegislators there to represent us
As lawmakers have struggled to balance the budget, services to the most vulnerable individuals, including seniors and people with disabilities, have...
View ArticleWaMu executives just get to skate
Colton Harris-Moore received seven-plus years for his crimes. Without getting in to the more involved reasons as to why, he was old enough to know...
View ArticleOthers worried about his welfare
Regarding the article, "Colton Harris-Moore gets 7 years":
View ArticleLeave judgment out of equation
Last month I read letters in The Herald on whether the users of drugs and alcohol have a disease. The authors stated what a burden the users put on...
View ArticleRon Paul: Turn on, tune in, drop out
I first met Ron Paul in 1988 at the Beverly Hills home of Dr. Timothy Leary, the one-time "turn on, tune in, drop out" LSD guru. Leary talked to me...
View ArticleHouse GOP plays Solitaire
WASHINGTON -- Atop the House chamber Wednesday morning, the flag fluttered in the breeze. In his office underneath the Capitol dome, House Speaker...
View ArticleCritical action left undone
Thanks to a pathological preoccupation with partisanship, Congress faces a very long to-do list when it returns to work next month.
View ArticleWrong to refer to reduction as 'cut'
Why is it that stories concerning the 2 percent "tax cut" never mention that all it is really is a reduction in the amount of Social Security...
View ArticleThe GOP's payroll-tax debacle
WASHINGTON -- Now that Congress appears finally to have reached a compromise on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years -- the...
View ArticleUn-festive Sea-Tac sad state of affairs
I recently returned from a trip to North Carolina. The airport at Charlotte was brightly decorated -- nothing religious -- just festive. Returning to...
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