Go ahead, repeal self-imposed cliff
Question: Who created the fiscal cliff?Answer: Congress did. So repeal it already.
View ArticleGood intentions can backfire
Granddad was right: the road to hell is paved with good intentions...
View ArticleTesting a political alliance
Too many moving parts obscure the battle over a coal-export facility in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental opponents at the scoping hearings for...
View ArticleTime for stricter reading of right
I'm a life member of the NRA, 40 years-plus, but I'm appalled at the solutions the NRA has come up with for the uncontrollable gun problems in our...
View ArticleThings better left unsaid? No problem
WASHINGTON -- 'Tis the season when columnists write mea culpas, make predictions and list their resolutions.
View ArticleEnforce fare before hiking it
Why should Community Transit be allowed to raise their fares in February when they won't even enforce the fare payment that they have now? They lose...
View ArticleScary NRA out of touch with reality
You have got to be kidding me!More guns?Really? More guns?
View ArticleRobbing the rich should be illegal
In response to the Dec. 22 letter, "System should benefit all...
View ArticleState of society is the root cause
We have seen far too many mass murders in 2012. After the occurrence of each such event there is the urge to do something to prevent them from...
View ArticlePolitical power's limits
Truth and conventional wisdom don't always align. In the debate over coal trains, two narratives merit a closer look. One involves the nature and...
View ArticleSkyfall at the edge of fiscal cliff
Abandon all hope, ye who watch the "fiscal cliff" drama.
View ArticleTo save lives we must uphold right
Our castle doctrine is based on: Exodus 22:2 (New King James Version): If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there...
View ArticleIs 'safety' really the core concern?
The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., ruined Christmas for many of us. The moral outrage expressed by so many people is justified. There is a groundswell to...
View ArticleNRA points finger at free speech
I won't attempt to critique the entire spiel by the weapons manufacturers' lobby (NRA) but even the most devout member should find a few things...
View ArticleUltra right refuses to govern
The entire problem with solving the gridlock is that the ultra-right sector of the Republican party in the House of Representatives does not believe...
View ArticleFor gun-injury research
Historian Richard Hofstadter called it the paranoid style in American politics. The NRA's bloviating Wayne LaPierre is Exhibit One, an angry mind...
View ArticlePeople tired of the politics of threat
The people are sad. If holiday shopping is any measure of public mood, the joy vanished this year. The grade-school massacre depressed everyone, and...
View ArticleThanks to students for amazing food drive
This letter is to thank the students at Granite Falls High School and Mountain Way Elementary School for their amazing holiday food drive and the...
View ArticleKids, parents make Santa's day
Dec. 22 dawned cold and wet. The first hour was slow and Santa and I feared we were to be disappointed. But by 4 p.m., four large bags of toys, four...
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