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Opinion

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Updated 1 week, 1 day ago

COLUMN: College football playoff selection was a mess

It’s not a normal day in December if college football teams are not throwing their hands in the air after being le…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Stratford Road traffic not severe enough to warrant WinCo opposition

For the last 16 years, I have traveled between downtown Moses Lake and Kinder Road at least 1,000 times per year during the busiest times of the day and on weekends. I have always told people that it takes me less …

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Chiefs soccer games are worth attending

On March 11, a Friday evening, my family and I went to Lions Field to watch the Chiefs boys soccer team. Their opponent in their first game was the Gonzaga Bull Pups from Spokane.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Climate change: settled science?

In recent years, much has been said about “global warming.” As the arguments for that term began to wear thin, “climate change” became the term in vogue for many people.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Pitch in and keep Quincy clean

Quincy’s highways are littered with trash because people are getting careless when it comes to their trash ending up in the trash can. I think people should be fined and caught for their wrongdoing. The police aren…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Thanks to lake clean-up volunteers

The city of Moses Lake is blessed in a lot of ways, and one of those is the lake that it’s named for. Seen from above, it glitters like a jewel in the yellow-brown central Washington landscape. We spend our leisure…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Be still and know that I am God

Mornings early and evenings (just before I go to bed), I spend time in prayer and readings of Scripture and other books. I don’t always do this, but the majority of time I do. I enjoy these times and make a conscio…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
More respect for the law means fewer people in jail

Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders keeps complaining, stating that the police have too many people in jail in America. Well, Bernie, the police don’t have people in jail; people put themselves in jail by breaking an…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Put trash cans out to make Soap Lake more attractive

Soap Lake’s mayor and city council want to draw visitors to Soap Lake, yet during the winter months there are no trash cans near the picnic tables nor the Healing Waters sundial.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Keep Guantanamo under US control

As the Grant County Republican Central Committee, we wish to express our grave concern over the possibility of our nation’s base and detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being closed and returned to the control…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Radical hospitality and abundant love

In the not-so-distant past, Jeanne and I attended services at the congregation where she was baptized and confirmed, and where we were married.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
There's a lot of truth in pastors' columns

I truly enjoy reading the insights of our pastors in each Friday’s Columbia Basin Herald. Each one has information that is helpful in our relationship with our Lord. Recent articles on forgiveness, having a servant…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Participate in the nomination process

The Washington Democratic Party has decided that it will only consider results from their party caucuses taking place on March 26 to assign delegates (119 + 7 alternates) for their Presidential Nominee. There will …

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
If our workweek ever needed a hero, thank goodness there's Super Tuesday

Let’s think big. The 2016 presidential race will most likely be one of the most divisive political races in our 240-year history. Last Tuesday, Americans flooded to the polls to cast their votes in what’s affection…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Putting the current presidential election candidate race into perspective

The importance of this year’s elections will be historic for all Americans. I read an article and thought it had a crucial perspective to share with others:

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Nick Wallace is well qualified for judgeship

I am what many people consider a “dinosaur,” as far as computers and the newer cellphones are concerned. I still use a flip phone. A lot of people have been telling me to go on Nick Wallace’s Facebook to learn abou…