Where will you be 50 years from now? Many, maybe a majority of current PDN subscribers will have to answer the same as I. Anyone… Continue reading
Many thanks to the author of the letter in the PDN on March 19. It was obviously written by a person of high ethics, having… Continue reading
Recently celebrating St Patrick’s Day made me reflect on the devastating potato famine that Ireland experienced in the 1840s and our country’s response to it.… Continue reading
Thomas Paine’s 47-page pamphlet, Common Sense, took colonial America by storm in 1776, selling a half-million copies, warning neighbors that, without the rule of law,… Continue reading
President Donald Trump has said he wants to bring back the Golden Age that he says covers the late 1800s through the late 1920s. Compare… Continue reading
Due process I have been raised that, when you see something, you say something. Hence my letter on deportation. First, I want to be clear… Continue reading
Indict now President Donald Trump is getting dangerously irrational and treasonous. He rules predominantly outside the U.S. Constitution and law. The mortal danger is that… Continue reading
In a March 28 letter, “Channeling Money,” the author states DOGE found some $312 million in Small Business Administration loans paid during 2020-21 to 5,593… Continue reading
Funding halted Clallam County’s 2009 Community Wildfire Protection Plan found that a major wildfire here would risk the most catastrophic losses in the entire state.… Continue reading
Sorry, MAGA Sorry, Donald, but America is not back; it has fallen backward. By punishing our friends with tariffs, abandoning our longstanding allies and turning… Continue reading
Checks and balances Our beloved country teeters on the edge of autocracy. The checks and balances that are foundational to democracy are dismantled as President… Continue reading
NOAA seeks comments on summer whale hunts (PDN, March 19.) But beware the deception in one popular talking point, two or three whales per year… Continue reading
At a recent Hands Off demonstration in Sequim, which protested President Donald Trump’s assault on our Constitution, friendly allies, American rights and earned entitlements, a… Continue reading
In a recent address to the EU parliament, Jeffrey Sachs detailed a 30-plus-year project of neocons in the U.S. deep state to expand NATO eastward… Continue reading
Moral clarity I grew up attending a Southern Baptist evangelical church that taught me a clear moral standard: A true Christian should never vote for… Continue reading
In the March issue of Smithsonian magazine, there’s an interview with author/historian Robert Caro, who said, “I don’t believe that power always corrupts. Power reveals.”… Continue reading
The Washington State Legislature is considering a bill to freeze or cut stipends for National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT), a move that would directly harm… Continue reading
We are told to beware of foxes guarding hen houses, and yet a chainsaw-wielding billionaire Elon Musk and others are aiming to take away healthcare… Continue reading
Have you left the Democratic Party yet? The DOGE found $312 million in small business loans paid during 2020-21 to 5,593 businesses whose only listed… Continue reading
I am angry at what is happening in our country. A U.S. president attacking allies and supporting our enemies is horrendous enough. But breaking laws,… Continue reading
