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Point of View: Partnership for the Planet: Some Earth Day thoughts
ALL OF US have made a conscious decision to live on the Olympic Peninsula. We need only step…
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POINT OF VIEW: College-to-career pathways offered at Peninsula College
WHAT’S THE VALUE of higher education these days?
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PAT NEAL: Happy Earth Day, Elwha
I remember the first Earth Day. We were in high school. We watched a movie about the Earth…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of steelhead fishing
The first historic reference of a steelhead came on March 16, 1806, when Lewis and Clark bought a…
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LETTER: Totalitarianism
In the broadest sense, totalitarianism is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all…
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LETTER: 2nd Amendment
The March 18 letter “Different View” is nothing but typical Republican bull.
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PAT NEAL: The way it is
THESE ARE THE days we’ve waited for all winter — the daylight low tides. You can dig razor…
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LETTER: Costs of drugs
In a story in the Wednesday PDN, a narcotics raid netted an incredible number of weapons, amount of…
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PAT NEAL: Just another April Fools’ prank
For many, Jan. 1 marks the beginning and end of the calendar year.
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LETTER: Don’t buy rabbits
With spring and the Easter holiday almost upon us, I would like to remind people to please not…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of fishing
TOURISM IS A hazardous industry, just ask our Native American friends.
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PAT NEAL: A short history of history
SOMETIMES, I MISS the good old days. The really old good old days — 13,900 years ago.
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PAT NEAL: Birdwatching with a chainsaw
BIRD WATCHING IS my life. Most of my best bird watching has been done with a chainsaw.
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PAT NEAL: The legend of the skunk cabbage
THERE IS NO flower more beautiful than the skunk cabbage — unless it is the skunk cabbage in…
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PAT NEAL: Bringing back the dodo
THESE DAYS, SCIENTISTS are saying we are living through the sixth mass extinction on Earth. Five mass extinctions…
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POINT OF VIEW: Gun laws effective as means to curb relentless violence
I WAS BORN and raised in Alaska. My family homesteaded there. It was commonplace for residents to own…
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PAT NEAL: My funny Valentine
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS, whoever you are. I hope your troubles are few. I hope your Valentine’s Day went…