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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Editorial is off-base

May 13, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

The Columbian Editorial Board missed the mark in its analysis of the population projection process (“Population projection process leaves bad taste,” In Our View, May 7). Read story

Letter: Get rid of guns

May 13, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

I am a recent arrival in this country and come from a country where, apart from the police and the military, guns are almost unknown. I am dumbfounded by America’s apparent love affair with guns, and I have to ask why there is a need for guns in the first… Read story

Letter: Difference between sex and gender

May 13, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

I often hear people say things similar to “In 200 years, when they dig our bones up, there will only be men and women” as a way to discredit nonbinary people. I think statements like this have a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between sex and gender. Read story

Letter: Councilors should look closer

May 12, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

In the mid-1960s, as the story goes, the Senate was reviewing the budget for the weather service. In order for his vote one wise senator had this clause written into the law, “Must look out the window at least once a day.” Read story

Letter: Uphold oaths, pay debts

May 12, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4 of the Constitution states: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” Apparently the Republicans in the House of Representatives… Read story

Letter: Being ‘woke’ fights oppression

May 12, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

“Woke” has become a pejorative term used by politicians and media outlets. While none can define it, they know it when they see it. I scoured history to find events they would call “woke.” Read story

Letter: Gun laws make state safer

May 12, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

As of April 25, Gov. Jay Inslee had signed three new bills. By doing so he continues to enact meaningful gun safety measures for the state of Washington. Read story

Letter: Biden understands the threat

May 11, 2023, 6:10am Letters to the Editor

President Joe Biden is seeking reelection. I wish he were younger and I might favor other Democrats — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and 2020 presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker come to mind. But Biden’s record is impressive and he may have the best chance of winning the presidency. Read story

Letter: Remove debt ceiling

May 11, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment of our Constitution reads, “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.” Read story

Letter: End Alaska salmon troll fisheries

May 11, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Fisheries managers know that over 90 percent of the chinook caught in the Alaska troll fisheries come from the Pacific Northwest. Chinook will feed in the Gulf of Alaska for up to six years. We fish them there for 10 months of the year. Not many chinook survive for six… Read story

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