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…
Cellphone searches
Privacy laws in the United States need an upgrade. Rapid advances in cellphones and computers are outstripping the ability of old laws to protect our personal lives.
Congress-tion
Most members of Congress were probably high achievers in school. But, as a group, they have a serious deadline problem. Congress' inability to get things done - and done on time - is creating grave risks for the co…
Making sure tolls are not a tax
Who's next?
America's top military officer, on the eve of his retirement, has brought into the open a long-festering conflict between Pakistan and the United States that has recently turned very nasty. The question now is what…
New tea party?
The pundit class has largely ignored, dismissed or mocked the Occupy Wall Street protest. We too find it hard to get especially worked up over a series of small demonstrations in a handful of cities, including Los …
Democrats agree
President Barack Obama's plan to ostensibly spur job growth would do just the opposite.
Mortgage help
Soon there may be good news for homeowners who are underwater and cannot refinance at the record-low mortgage interest rates. President Barack Obama is seeking changes that would give these homeowners a chance to r…
Pay attention
The closer Congress lets our country drift to financial disaster, the louder the vitriol and double-speak becomes.
Praise for Columbia Basin Secondary School
Knee-jerk law
Anybody with a heart can understand the urge across the nation to pass some type of "Caylee's Law" that would make it a felony for parents or caregivers not to report missing children quickly. But wise lawmakers sh…
U.N. craziness
The United Nations has never lived up to the grandiose aspirations of its founders. By the 1990s even many of its supporters admitted the world body had become a bloated debating society. Madeleine Albright, then U…
Obama's Afghan policy is a failure
Which is it?
The U.S. House proves again why a 435-member "Not Quite Joint Chiefs of Staff" is less than optimum for designing and executing military policy.
Free speech lives
The U.S. Supreme Court was wise to strike down a California law banning sales and rentals of violent video games to minors.
Cross your fingers
President Barack Obama's release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has political and economic benefits, but both are likely to be transitory.