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November 29, 2024

The best gifts come from the littlest boxes

Whether you love it or dread it, the “holiday shopping season” is upon us and Americans are expected to spend upwards of $125 billion on holiday gifts this weekend as they hunt for Black Friday deals, Small Business Saturday savings and Cyber Monday blowouts.

November 29, 2024

Public land protectors ready for a fight

President-elect Donald Trump’s first term was a disaster for America’s public lands. While the prospects for his second term are even more bleak, Westerners across the political spectrum — even those who voted for Trump — stand ready to oppose attempts to sell off America’s public lands to the highest bidder.

November 21, 2024

We need to address Trump’s tariff fantasies

Donald Trump thinks the world of tariffs. “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Trump said in September at a town hall event in Michigan. On another occasion he said “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the English language. Hmm. And he really has had a love affair with tariffs. After all, they mark his entry into national politics. Back in the mid-1980s, his one big gripe was the trade deficit with Japan. Then China became the target, and while president, Trump kept raising tariffs with China in the belief China would bend a knee and surrender. It didn’t, and Biden has been stuck in a tariff war ever since.

November 14, 2024

Trump triumph portends an economic fallout

As I watched Donald Trump arrive at an astounding victory on election night, I was struck by his strong turnout in both rural and urban parts of the country. But I couldn’t stop thinking: Do voters understand what Trump’s sweep means for the price of eggs, housing and cars?

November 7, 2024

Let’s finally end the nuclear threat

While everyone’s attention was on the fate of the presidential election, a countdown began at 11 p.m. PDT on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, when the U.S. Air Force test-launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with a dummy hydrogen bomb on the tip from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile crossed the Pacific Ocean and, 22 minutes, later crashed into the Marshall Islands. The U.S. Air Force does this several times a year. The launches are always at night while Americans are sleeping.

November 4, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Nov. 4, 2024

Conflict of interest I’m disturbed by the mayor of Washougal’s response to the voter suppression burning of ballots in our county.  As the mayor of Washougal,…

October 31, 2024

Character and decency still matter

Four years ago, I wrote a letter to family and friends asking them to vote for a return to decency, to vote for Joe Biden. Our leaders should represent what is best in us and conduct themselves in a way that reflects the values we teach our children. Donald Trump, a dishonest narcissist and philanderer never met that standard. This disqualified him from leading our nation. My concerns were justified when, on Jan. 6, 2021, he violated his solemn oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”