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Letter to Editor | Love, not hate
What does it mean to be a human being on Orcas Island, Part 2 -- from Jari Brenner -- When I wrote, What Does It Mean To Be A Human Being on Orcas Island? A
Guest Opinion | Should the county move to Phase 3?
-- from Michael Riordan -- In view of the recent upsurge in coronavirus cases throughout the Western United States, it would be foolhardy for the County to proceed further with plans to reopen the San
Letter to Editor | Light posts on Prune Alley?
-- from Eleanor Hoague and Marc Cohen -- Although planning for the Prune Alley improvement project has already moved into its final stages, one important aspect of it has not, in our opinion, received adequate
Letter to Editor | Science is our friend
-- from Tom Eversole -- My public health coworkers used to quip that Primary Care was Public Health’s failure to prevent disease. Today, CDC fails us under a presidential choke hold, while the VP posits
Editorial | A step back from the fray
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- There is no question that we are living through a time of great upheaval and disarray. It is a time when the necessity for change is being
Guest Opinion | Against common sense: White male privilege and me
-- from David Kobrin -- As an historian, I know there can be two opposing accounts of the same event, both of which are equally accurate. I’m not alluding to “alternative facts” or made up
Letter to Editor | In support of island kids during these times
-- from Justin Paulsen -- Here’s something for you to consider as people start moving out and about around town. If you see a teacher/leader with a group of kids, understand that those groups are
Aging Like a Guru | I’m my own executioner and I didn’t even know it
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- We can bend spoons and we can heal ourselves of disease. Which of these is more fun to practice? There are a lot of people who dabble in the metaphysical
Editorial | Who should be monitoring our local law enforcement?
Are we okay with 'so far, so good?' -- by Lin McNulty, Orcas Issues Editor -- Vesting police officers with the authority to use reasonable force and to protect the public welfare requires monitoring, evaluation,
Aging Like a Guru | The HOW is the entire point of this journey
-- by Rosie Kuhn -- Upon reviewing our lives, reliving memories of the past, we can see patterns and strategies we were conditioned to engage in. There were principles and rules, ideals and obligations to
Guest Opinion | Funhouse Commons’ message of solidarity
-- from The Funhouse Board, Executive Director, and Staff -- The recent protests sweeping the country are a long, overdue wake up call for many individuals and organizations across the world, including The Funhouse. Being
Guest Opinion | Support Orcas health commissioners
-- from Norm Zimlich -- Friends, in the flood of bad pandemic news, have you have missed the historic GOOD NEWS about Orcas healthcare happening right now? For the last 14 years Orcas has been
Letter to Editor | Our health dilemma comes from our DC leaders
-- from David Kobrin -- This dilemma of our needing to choose between the economic health of those in our community, and the physical health of those in our community, is a result, I believe,
Letter to Editor | Allow health commissioners to do their job
-- from Tony Giefer MD -- As a physician who provided medical care on Orcas for over 12 years, I wish to comment on some of the current issues. The initiator of the petition to
Letter to Editor | Here’s why I would like to be your Port Commissioner
-- from Matt Fikse -- My name is Matt Fikse and I've thrown my "hat in the ring" as a candidate to fill the open term on the Port of Orcas commission. Here is some
