Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Corporations not people, money is not speech

In our 2016 state general election, almost 65 percent of us in Clallam County spoke with a united voice on Initiative 735. It passed with… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2018

LETTER: Malkin should investigate Trump, Fox News

I rarely read Michelle Malkin but I have to admit she did a great job Feb. 9, “Memo to Dan Rather.” She wrote a fact-filled… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2018

LETTER: What has happened to American values?

Two articles in (the Feb. 8) paper caught my attention. The first, Puerto Ricans (also known as U.S. citizens) are restoring power on their own… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2018

‘Give and take’ now the name of the game

Easy money is over Since Donald J. Trump became our president, some people are having a difficult time accepting we have a successful businessman as… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2018

LETTER: Irony in calling protesters treasonous for not applauding

The major fool of world politics has called Democrats treasonous for not applauding the moron’s speech. That’s really treason? Good God, how did that low-grade… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2018

LETTER: Costs less to care for the homeless than leaving them on streets

I know that most people have been programmed to hate the poor, or look down on the poor, and likewise to the homeless. I see… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2018

LETTER: Flu victims need to be considerate

Some people are unaware of the potential dangers of spreading the flu, especially if it’s just a “mild” case of it. As a result, it’s… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2018

LETTER: President ‘doth protest too much’

This letter is in response to the letter “Real Danger” (PDN, Feb. 9) that was a response to a letter “Under Attack” in the PDN… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2018

LETTER: Descendant of immigrants considers himself a ‘Dreamer’

One of my great-grandfathers, James Patterson Martin, came with his family to America from Scotland at the age of 4. At age 16, he enlisted… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2018

LETTER: New acronym to remember in personal relationships

Hey men, how about upgrading your relationships with female acquaintences by offering HOPE: Hands off, personal encouragement, to replace sexual harassment, intimate touching. Tom Thatcher,… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2018

LETTER: Supports FLASH curriculum in Port Angeles schools

Supports FLASH program I strongly support the FLASH curriculum and the recently defeated Port Angeles School District capital levy, so I disagree with the letter… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2018

LETTER: Good stewardship missing on Alaska pipeline

I am writing in response to the Jan. 26 letter to the editor titled “Good stewardship.” The “good stewardship” writer implies that the Trans-Alaska Pipeline… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018

LETTER: Power of votes can end undeclared war

World War III started on 9/11, disguised as the U.S. War on Terrorism. We can stop the unconstitutional perpetuation of this undeclared war with the… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018

LETTER: Progressive columnists always selling the crisis du jour

I always get a kick out of progressive op-ed columnists who foist their views on their readership. Apparently, they contend that everybody has a right… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018

LETTER: State should keep capital punishment for murder

A headline on page 6 of the PDN’s Jan. 8 issue says, “Lawmakers to again consider eliminating capital punishment.” To which I reply, “why?” Most… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018

Columnist’s conclusions divisive, disgusting, without merit

I just discovered that I’m a racist. In a very inflammatory opinion, a New York Times a columnist, Charles M. Blow, made it very clear… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2018

LETTER: Kudos to protecting Constitutional rights, public safety

I would like to thank Sen. Kevin Van De Wege for his leadership in the Senate in helping pass legislation to ban bumper stocks. I… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2018

LETTER: More serious punishment for gun offenses

In wake of all the shootings in this country, we’re surprised that there aren’t serious penalties for people who own the guns used by children… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2018

LETTER: Election was repudiation of the anti-American ideology

he uses every pejorative adjective in the liberal… Continue reading

  • Feb 15, 2018

LETTER: Farmed seafood worth reconsidering

There has been a lot of chatter about the fish pens located in our harbor, most negative. The pens have some undesirable characteristics but there… Continue reading