Before opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration order, we might recall Dec. 14, 1999, when terrorist Ahmed Ressam arrived on the Coho ferry in Port Angeles,… Continue reading
Regarding the points that former Clallam County Commissioner Phillip Kitchel makes in his March 28 letter to Peninsula Voices [“No Wild Olympics”], he suffers from… Continue reading
The April 6 letter to Peninsula Voices, “Anti-sanctuaries,” seems to employ an analogy taken from the movie “A Time to Kill” to delegitimize sanctuary cities.… Continue reading
Some of our severely outdated, antiquated laws seem to defy common sense. Why, for instance, is it mandatory that our president be born in the… Continue reading
I would like to thank two of four Washington state GOP representatives for voting against Senate Joint Resolution 34, the nullification-of-internet-privacy rule. The resolution got… Continue reading
“America the Beautiful”: What a great song. The line “and crown thy good with brotherhood” gives the true meaning of this country. Building walls does… Continue reading
“In Los Angeles, we don’t separate people from their families because its inhumane.” Those words of Mayor Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti are typical of… Continue reading
I’m responding to the two rants published in the April 2 Peninsula Daily News’ “Rants and Raves” feature that complained about the trash on U.S.… Continue reading
The governments of Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and Colorado are engaged in a rebellion. They are knowingly and intentionally defying federal law by allowing, encouraging and… Continue reading
With a good, round belly laugh I read letter “Climate ‘deniers’” in the April 2 Peninsula Daily News’ Peninsula Voices. I would wager that the… Continue reading
Regarding the March 26 letter in Peninsula Voices, “Wild Olympics,” the letter writer presents a plethora of red herrings asserting that the Olympic National Forest… Continue reading
The state Senate has voted to tax property owners (this mostly means the little guy) to pay for education. The Democrats wanted to institute a… Continue reading
How convenient it must be for climate change deniers to only have to believe in the science that allows them to fly in jet airliners,… Continue reading
A letter to the editor published March 30 (“‘Anti-choice’ critic”) claimed that “the state of Texas doubled its rate of maternity-related deaths, from 18 percent… Continue reading
How quaint of former Clallam County commissioner and right-wing columnist Martha Ireland to write the [March 16] letter in Peninsula Voices, “Retain Malkin,” and defend… Continue reading
I applaud U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer for re-introducing the Wild Olympics bill in the new Congress. The bill is now… Continue reading
I take exception to the March 28 Peninsula Daily News article “Budget putting funds in peril.” It explains that if the president’s budget is adopted,… Continue reading
Some folks up here still seem to be baffled by the old cold-war definitions of communism and socialism. How quaint. Socialism is a simple concept:… Continue reading
Here are questions by which anti-choice people can determine if they are serious about facing the practical consequences of their beliefs: Are they willing to… Continue reading
Someone commented in the March 26 Peninsula Daily News’ Speaking Out [“How do you think Donald Trump is doing so far as our president?”] about… Continue reading
