Pirate hunting

It has been six years since pirates from the war-torn, lawless African nation of Somalia took control of the high seas off the coast of East Africa, and in that time 30 ships have been captured and more than 660 pe…

Worthless card

Airline passengers expect a degree of inconvenience to make sure flights are safe from terrorist attack. But a line was crossed for a woman in Seattle recently, causing her to change modes of travel.

RELIGION IN SCHOOL

This letter is in response to last week's letter written by high school student Kassandra Wareham, who asked if religion is legal in public schools. The short answer to Miss Wareham's question is yes. It would be i…

Vision 2020 chair supports Job Corps

GRANT COUNTY PUD

Be quick! Close the barn door! Our wonderful hydropower might get rustled by a foreign mega-corporation. What will we do? What should we do? Should we just promise to provide all the cheap electricity the large ind…

HOUSE BILL 1366

House Bill 1366 passed out of Health Care and Wellness Committee and is due to be voted on the floor of the House of Representatives soon. It targets and threatens the existence of pregnancy centers in Washington.

RETAIL SHOPPING

This letter is in response to the letter from Terry Brewer regarding "big box" retail recruitment.

SPENDING CUTS

The House Spending Cuts Bill cuts spending by about $61.5 billion until September was passed by the House of Representatives on a mostly partisan vote of 235-189. The bill would cut domestic programs spending by 14…

THANKS

We are grateful to you for publishing our letter to the editor concerning a warning stop sign and a larger stop sign in peripheral view.

On target

When you think of the nation of Switzerland, you may think of its Alpine peaks, its high-quality watches or its renowned chocolate. You may also think of the peaceful nature of its people. Not only have the Swiss l…

Domino Theory II

In the 1960s and 1970s, politicians and academics came up with something called "the domino theory." It held that if one weak government in Asia got overrun by communists, its small neighbors would follow in short …

Teaching hatred?

The cries for civility after the Tucson shootings have not much impressed thousands of protesters in Wisconsin. There, many public-employee-union leaders, teachers and other public employees have used disruption an…

GANGS

The fire station on Mae Valley Road got tagged. Another gang tagged over the first tag. The radio said: gang prevention and teen pregnancy prevention, down in Yakima, have lost there funding. These groups will reap…

RELIGION IN SCHOOL

My name is Kassandra Wareham and I am a student at Moses Lake High School. The other day, I was walking in the school halls, when I noticed that there were posters advertising an after school club called P.U.S.H., …

HB 1609

As a teacher I am opposed to HB 1609. This bill wants to take away a great Evaluation Collaborative Pilot Project that is currently happening in Washington State and replace it with a one size fits all canned manda…