Editorial
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COLUMN: Head west, they say
This column came together probably as quickly as my decision to move from Columbus, Ohio to Moses Lake. When I gra…
EDITORIAL: Support Obama
While the decision to station a contingent of Marines in Australia drew much attention during President Barack Obama's recent trip to the Pacific region, the longer term interests of the United States may have been…
EDITORIAL: Back to the USSR
After the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Russia made only a brief stab at democracy. What followed under Vladimir Putin has been a steady slide back to the authoritarianism that has long blighted its history. The t…
EDITORIAL: Candidate needed
During one of the worst economic times in American history, one might think providing a challenger to oppose the mediocre President Barack Obama would be a simple task for the Republican Party, the party that gave …
GUEST EDITORIAL: Do it right
A formal federal recognition of marijuana as a prescription drug is the logical approach to the medical marijuana debate. The current state-by-state approach t…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Warts and all
Republicans who would rather defeat Barack Obama than fix the national budget woes have latched onto a false campaign theme: The president is not patriotic, th…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Not good enough
As Democrats and Republicans fall all over themselves trying to come up with ways not to raise payroll taxes on millions of Americans - all with an eye toward …
MLIRD director supports Hansen
MOSES LAKE - I support Mick Hansen for Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District (MLIRD) board.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Big Bend is at risk from state cuts
MOSES LAKE - Officials at Big Bend Community College recognize they have a message problem. The college is receiving recognition in the media for doing great t…
EDITORIAL: Well water tax
If you have a well, brace for a $200 annual surcharge - meaning tax, since you have no choice but to pay it.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Hansen writes of forum, saving the lake
MOSES LAKE - To the people that attended the candidates' forum on Tuesday, Nov. 29, sponsored by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, I want to explain my not being there.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Covey responds to Hansen about MLIRD
MOSES LAKE - Let's get right to the point. It has been said if one hears a lie long enough, they begin to believe it is the truth. To be very honest, I'm tired of the lies, half truths and misleading statements fro…
EDITORIAL: Obama makes it clear
Transparent government is necessary for an honest government.
GUEST EDITORIAL: SMALL BUSINESSES: 'Count us out governor'
SEATTLE - A special session of the Washington Legislature opened Nov.r 28 for the purpose of finding some big-dollar, Christmas gift cards to plug the expected deficit in the state budget. Shortly before, the big b…
EDITORIAL: Picking losers
A common mantra during the debates about bailing out the financial industry and Detroit automakers was that the federal government was "picking winners and losers," with the recipients of Washington's cash being th…
EDITORIAL: One step forward
When gridlock keeps you from moving forward, be careful not to slip back.