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…
No taxation without representation
MOSES LAKE - As a resident business owner, tax payer, employer and longtime volunteer on many local boards, I see obvious reasons and many subtle cost-benefits of having a clean and healthy lake at the center of ou…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Farm Bills benefit more people than farmers
SPOKANE - Among many other pieces of legislation, Congress is debating the Farm Bill. Most of us don't farm but most of us should care about this legislation that comes before Congress every five years or so. Why s…
EDITORIAL: Super committee?
We can't say we're surprised by the failure of Congress' so-called super committee to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions. But we are disappointed. There is no joy in having Congress live down…
GUEST EDITORIAL: Concerns about Grant PUD rates, budget
MOSES LAKE - With the up coming 2012 Grant County PUD budget some observations of the PUD should be made. Grant County is very fortunate for the foresight that a handful of people had back in the 1950's that formed…
Budget solution
It is not hard to cut government budgets. It's really not.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Hansen writes of 'character assassinations'
MOSES LAKE - I've experienced a number of character assassinations this last month by the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District. Although not menti…
EDITORIAL: Leaderless, but not out
Franklin Roosevelt assured the country there was nothing to fear but fear itself. Ronald Reagan urged us to stay the course. Bill Clinton found hope in pop cul…
Saturday mail
A bipartisan group of senators have come up with a reasonable plan to keep the U.S. Postal Service solvent, while at the same time continuing six-day a week ma…
Occupy elsewhere
The tolerance of North American cities for the Occupy protests need not be limitless.
Internet regulation
The U.S. has run the Internet, since the late 1960s when it first emerged as a communications network among U.S. defense agencies and research labs, and considering the Internet's ubiquitous presence worldwide, the…
Student debt
The prospect of carrying for decades a load of student debt hardly encourages advanced learning. On Oct. 26, President Barack Obama took a well-advised step in issuing the "Pay As You Earn" executive order. There a…
New rules?
Wall Street still runs the show on Capitol Hill, even with the lessons learned from the Great Recession and the imperatives of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms.
Nearing the tipping point on minimum wage
Protests and change
As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from Lower Manhattan to Washington and other cities, the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions. The m…
Debit-card tax
Congress hailed it as a victory for consumers last year when it decided to impose price controls on banks, capping "swipe" fees they charge merchants for debit-card transactions.