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| Local view Nov. 30: Vancouver must pursue waterfront opportunity » Sun, November 30 On Monday, Nov. 17, a majority of the Vancouver City Council voted in favor of funding road, rail and utility improvements to support redevelopment of 32 acres along Vancouver’s waterfront. With that vote we laid the groundwork to rev what will be a... |
| Elizabeth Hovde Nov. 27: Farewell and thanks, especially to critics » Thu, November 27 Shortly after I started writing for The Columbian in 1998, a member of the newspaper’s Readers Advisory Council stood up and complained about my hiring. |
| John Laird Nov. 23: Forget Wall Street and be thankful » Sun, November 23 We who always chirp the count-your-blessings mantra face a tough test these days. It’s hard to see the glass as half-full when the glass has been turned upside down by the economy. But here come the holidays, just in time. And here is one guy’s “Top... |
| Local view Nov. 23: Cuts to public health funding could prove lethal » Sun, November 23 Which of the following is acceptable to you, your family and your community?-- Increase in newborn and infant deaths, along with a rise in child abuse.-- Increase in measles, pertussis (whooping cough) and other disease outbreaks. |
| Elizabeth Hovde Nov. 20: Make the world better this Christmas » Thu, November 20 I’ve already received exactly what I wanted for Christmas: goose bumps. |
| Tom Koenninger Nov. 19: We should all care about East Fork » Wed, November 19 Who cares for the fate of East Fork of the Lewis River? Who worries that further gravel mining by Kelso-based Storedahl & Sons will contaminate the river and destroy the salmon and steelhead that depend on it? |
| John Laird Nov. 16: Has Clark County lost its redness? » Sun, November 16 Stop the presses! Clark County has turned blue! Barack Obama carried Clark County on Nov. 4! This proves that our county has come to its senses and no longer should be considered a red county in a blue state! |
| Local view: CORE 24 will put students on road to top jobs » Sun, November 16 Clark County is the fastest-growing county in Washington, thanks in no small part to our role as the emerging “Silicon Forest” of the Northwest. Our area is a hub for semiconductor materials and computer chip manufacturing — industries that require... |
| Elizabeth Hovde Nov. 13:Young people must help enact change » Thu, November 13 Whether he wanted it to happen or not, John Mayer’s song, “Waiting On the World to Change,” was invoked by random people this year to promote voter participation among youth in general and President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign in particular. |
| Tom Koenninger Nov. 12: Vancouver parades its patriotism » Wed, November 12 Is Vancouver, USA the most patriotic city in America? Last week provided more evidence for laying claim to super patriotism. |
| John Laird Nov. 9: Meet America’s newest bogeyman » Sun, November 9 Gosh, for awhile there, I was afraid we were running out of monsters, which in America would be a very bad thing. Those darn WMD’s never turned up, the Yankees missed the playoffs, O.J. was convicted, and Sarah Palin flew back to Alaska. The needle... |
| Elizabeth Hovde Nov. 6: An eye on Barack, Bush and Baird » Thu, November 6 United we stand? Hardly — Both times President George W. Bush won the presidency, his critics and the pundits called him a divider and demanded that uniting Americans be one of his top priorities. |
| Tom Koenninger: Larch prison pushes rehabilitation » Wed, November 5 LARCH MOUNTAIN — The “front yard” is a mess of tree limbs, but that’s cause for celebration here at the Larch Corrections Center in the Cascade mountain foothills of eastern Clark County. |
| John Laird: Boxscores, ballots and bigotry » Sun, November 2 Notes, quotes and anecdotes about Tuesday’s election while wondering: If Sarah Palin hates the media elite so much, why did she major in journalism and become one of us? |
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