Columns-Contempt of Congress
“This is not the kind of a question you can leave to Congress,” Justice Antonin Scalia pronounced during a Supreme Court argument recently.
Columns-State pension reform is new reality
The Washington Legislature has a chance to build on last year’s state employee pension reform by approving a common-sense measure that provides for state employees’ retirement while recognizing current economic realities.
Columns-Hugo Chavez’s cheering section — from a very safe distance
Let us pause and reflect. The left’s favorite self-aggrandizing thug has shed this mortal coil. Hugo Chavez, R.I.P.
Columns-Time for a sports hero to step up
Now is the time...” — Martin Luther King, Aug. 28, 1963
Columns-Do-nothing Congress does something — gun control
OK, so Congress hasn’t managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded “sequester.”
Columns-Five myths about the sequester 3-10-13
Our political system was not designed to be efficient, but it wasn’t supposed to be self-destructive, either.
Straight Talk-What you can pass down extends beyond your genes
Our children and grandchildren are what we eat.
Columns-, Gonzaga Sports-It’s time for Gonzaga to occupy No. 1 perch in the nation
SPOKANE — Give it to ‘em. Go ahead, media, coaches, make the leap. Anoint Gonzaga the No. 1 men’s basketball team in the country
Columns-W-P's Deal, Estes move on to college athletics
WAITSBURG — During stellar athletic careers at Waitsburg-Prescott, Seth Deal and Dalton Estes didn’t find themselves on the same fields of play too often.
Fair Exchange-Successful telecommuting needs proper management
Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo! for just seven months, was hired to shake things up and turn the Internet communications company around. She has certainly shaken things up, but whether it improves the company’s bottom line remains to be seen.
Pastor Column-Being a Christian means following Christ
What does it take to be a Christian? Be baptized? Accept Jesus as Lord and Savior? Know something about the Bible? What?
Eye to the Sky-System to map the stars analogous to how we map the Earth
How can we tell someone else where something is located in the sky?
Columns-Grandmothers Roundtable preparing for 16th forum
Just the other day an old friend asked me when the Grandmothers Roundtable got started and how many forums we’ve presented. And oh, yes, are we planning one in the near future?
Fair Exchange-What does your work space say about you?
Q: Can my boss make me clean up my work space?
Pastor Column-It's our relationships that matter the most
Through life’s experience, we have the opportunity to learn valuable lessons and truths. If we will listen, can learn these truths from those to whom we’re closest who mean the most to us. It was my father who, just before his death, reminded me of what matters most.
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