Normally, after the close of the filing period for the primary and general elections in which there are local races, I find myself lamenting the fact that while many in our community are willing to voice their opinions as to what is wrong in our communities often blaming the elected officials leading them few are willing to step up and run for elected office so that they can be a part of the solution.
Have you read about the new Chevrolet Volt? If not, it may be time to re-think that plan to buy another Japanese or Korean economy car. It seems that Detroit has actually come up with a workable concept.
My hope expressed in a recent column that a Silverdale man charged with second degree assault of his baby son suffers at the hands of fellow inmates when he goes to prisons didnt set well with a corrections officer at Clallam Bay Corrections Center.
by Sheldon Richman
by Don C. Brunell
by Sheldon Richman
by Lee Hamilton
If youre like me, every time you cross a bridge since the Minneapolis disaster, you breathe a sigh of relief when you make it to the other side.
Some people welcome change with open arms while others dread it like a pending apocalypse. I would be the first to admit that, even if it were a voluntary change, I would fall in the group that dreads change rather than in the group that welcomes it.
On town meetings and colleges
by Don C. Brunell
by Sheldon Richman
Now that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has editorially asked President Bush and Vice President Cheney to promise not to accept any profit from war in retirement, Im waiting for it to do the same with former Vice President Gore in his new status as a partner in a venture capital firm that finances alternative energy start-up companies.