October 17, 2021, 6:02am Columns
As you might or might not be aware, this is election season. Election Day is Nov. 2, when results from local races for city councils and school boards and port commissions and a handful of other contests will start rolling in. Read story
October 10, 2021, 6:02am Columns
This past summer, before heading off for his freshman year of college, my 18-year-old son worked for a roofing company. It is hot, grimy, physically demanding work, as you might imagine. It is the kind of hard work that reinforces the dignity of working hard. Read story
October 3, 2021, 6:02am Columns
It’s like “Alice in Wonderland,” with Clark County residents falling down a rabbit hole and wandering around a fanciful world that bears little resemblance to reality. Read story
September 26, 2021, 6:02am Columns
There is an old saying that a camel is a horse designed by committee. It might not be as witty as “an elephant is a mouse drawn to government specifications,” but it seems applicable in this case. Read story
September 19, 2021, 6:02am Columns
It’s a good way to make a living – if you can afford it. Read story
August 29, 2021, 6:02am Columns
We’ll blame Thomas Jefferson. Oh, not entirely; there are more than 200 years’ worth of criticism to dole out. Read story
August 22, 2021, 6:02am Columns
For those of us on the north side of the Columbia River, the Interstate 5 Bridge is just that – a bridge. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:02am Columns
This time, apparently, she really, really means it. Despite taking an oath in January to uphold the U.S. and state constitutions, and despite doing the same two years prior and two years before that, state Rep. Vicki Kraft saw the need to remind us of her vow just over a… Read story
August 8, 2021, 6:02am Columns
It used to seem so simple. Or at least it was presented in simplistic terms. Read story
August 1, 2021, 6:02am Columns
This is what Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler doesn’t think we should hear: Read story
