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Guest Opinion | Can Biden activate the political center?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – The battle cry ”Go Big, Joe! Go Big!” echoed among Democrats after their underdog candidates scored stunning upset victories in Georgia, picking up two vital senate seats earlier
Midnight Mutterings | Ruthie and the Supremes
||| BY JACKIE BATES ||| National events this week have been so explosive I have to skip them entirely and return to the past in my fortnightly foray into talking to myself in the dark.
Guest Opinion | Neil Sheehan: What makes great reporting?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| SAIGON, January 1964 – “It looks like a coup,” Neil Sheehan said. “I’ll call Mordecai. He’ll know whose tanks those are.” I had just told Neil that I had seen tanks
Letter to Editor | Wow, that was a really long power outage
||| FROM TONY GHAZEL ||| In the 25 years we've lived in this community, today's power outage is one of the longest that I can remember. But this is not the reason for this note;
Letter to Editor | I’m challenging myself to listen; in the process, I might learn something
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| I've been reading discussions about the current issue of censorship and social media. I think it's a very important discussion. Censorship of any kind can be a slippery slope. I
Guest Opinion | Rebuilding the guard rails of our Republic
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Hedrick Smith, NY Times reporter, Frontline producer and founder of Reclaim the American Dream (reclaimtheamericandream.org) Washington – Just when you think we are out of the woods and
Guest Opinion | Rebuilding the guard rails of our Republic
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Hedirck Smith, NY Times reporter, Frontline producer and founder of Reclaim the American Dream (reclaimtheamericandream.org) Washington – Just when you think we are out
Guest Opinion | The more things change, the more they stay the same
||| FROM MICHAEL "MJ" JOHNSON ||| On a macro level the beginning of 2021 gives good reason for optimism with the hope that the vaccines coming out now will prove to be a cure-all for
Midnight Mutterings | Who is Selena Montgomery?
||| BY JACKIE BATES ||| A few days before Christmas I was half-listening to a radio call-in show about favorite books read in 2020. One caller got my attention when she recommended a book by
Guest Opinion | Rebuilding the guard rails of our Republic
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Hedirck Smith, NY Times reporter, Frontline producer and founder of Reclaim the American Dream (reclaimtheamericandream.org) Washington – Just when you think we are out of the woods and
Guest Opinion | Braver discourse: A defense of Orcas Island School District
||| FROM LIAM GRISKEY-WATSON ||| For some background, I read the “Letter to Editor | ‘Brave Discourse:’ An open letter to Orcas Island School District” by Paige McCormick posted on Dec. 15th and felt that
Letter to Editor | Use these three P’s to determine if something is true
||| FROM DAVID KOBRIN ||| The “Three P’s” are a basic method for distinguishing something that’s true — that is actually happening — from something that is “fake” news, or an unsubstantiated internet rumor that’s
Midnight Mutterings | Rudolpha
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| A long time ago when I had a specialty, my specialty was what would today be called ‘gender studies.’ Back then it was called, well, nothing, because such
Letter to Editor | Gratitude for amazing community support during pandemic
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| As we enter into the Holidays, I want to send my deepest gratitude to all of you who have been so supportive throughout this year. The
Letter to Editor | Land Bank going on a wild goose hunt?
||| FROM LILI HEIN ||| The Land Bank is proposing hunting of Canada geese at the Coffelt Farm Preserve in order to limit crop damage on the property. Deer hunting is also included. See link
