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Don't you just love doublespeak, which "deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts or reverses the meaning of words," according to the dictionary? It's the distorted language of grievance that allows society's oppressors to wallow absurdly in their contrived victimhood. One of my favorites is a phrase used against anybody who dares oppose the nation's plutocrats, these obese cats who routinely use a small part of their ill-gotten gains to buy candidates -- oh, I'm sorry, I mean "make campaign contributions to elect officials who will return...
The prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade will be at the foreground of the battle over Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement, and it should be. Roe is judicially wrought social legislation pretending to the status of constitutional law. It is more adventurous than Miranda and Griswold, other watchwords of judicial activism from its era. It is as much a highhanded attempt to impose a settlement on a hotly contested political question as the abhorrent Dred Scott decision denying the rights of blacks. It is, in short, a travesty that a...
Pet Peeves To Whitman County Road Department from citizen on gravel road. Drop the damn blade, please! Okeydokes Local EMS team for your care of our community....
The recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the last revision of the president's immigration ban on certain countries is an unfortunate decision. Aside from North Korea and Venezuela, all of the banned nations have Muslim majority populations. Yet, five majority Muslim countries were not included in the ban. The Court should have looked at that and asked why. One of the countries not included in the ban is Saudi Arabia. The president sees them as an opponent to Iran, but Saudi Arabia is the nation that gave the world Osama Bin Laden and the 9/1...
We are all celebrating the rescue of the 12 soccer players and their coach from the deep, dark cave in Thailand by the brave Thai Navy Seals who carried out the complicated and dangerous rescue plan. How did the boys survive with enough physical and psychological strength to make the frightening journey out of the cave? They had two huge advantages. First, the team was with their coach, someone they trusted and who knew each of them well. Secondly, the boys had each other. I imagine that they cuddled together for warmth and held each other as...
So the NRA and its Republican puppets, such as our own Cathy McMorris Rodgers, think the best way of counteracting terrorism, including school shootings, is improving mental health conditions rather than limiting gun availability. Then I can’t think of any better way of breeding terrorists who want to strike back at the U.S. than inflicting huge trauma on children by forcible separation from their parents. With Lisa Brown, we’ll get action for both: improved mental health conditions and limited availability of military-style assault wea...
I read a recent syndicated column blaming Trump for the shooting in the newsroom in Annapolis. Whoa! That is a stretch. The President has certainly been critical of the national press, but his opinion surely didn’t incite the gunman. Everything I know about the tragedy indicates that the deranged shooter had a personal beef with the paper. There isn’t any evidence that the gunman was even aware of presidential tweets. To criticize Donald Trump for this catastrophe is unreasonable and is not based on facts. He didn’t influence anyone to rando...
I am offended by your nasty political cartoons and comments about our President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. You and the Lewiston Tribune and Spokesman Review, and so many other liberal newspapers are spreading biased and untrue comments about our president and to comment on Obama's legacy??? What legacy? If you are speaking of his socialist agenda, more than doubling the national debt, anti-Christian and pro-Muslim attitude then I can understand. But the forced legislation of Obama-care, illegal immigration and a Pulitzer peace...
Paige Coutu, Pullman, to Jesse Gravel, Pullman, unit at Cedarview Terrace Townhouse on NW Lamont Court, Pullman, $87,900, June 15. Hayden Homes, Redmond, Ore., to Lawrence and Karen Orlich, Nordland, house on SW Wheat Ridge Drive, Pullman, $281,555, June 15. Chulhee Kang, Pullman, to Marcus and Lori Eiland, house on Staley Drive, Pullman, $305,000, June 15. Frances Hermanson, San Diego, to Paul M. Warner, Pullman, house on NW Valleyview, Pullman, $300,000, June 15. Thomas and Doreen Riedner, Anthony and Denise Kendall and Dusty Gold LLC,...
Julie Pittmann, Washington regent for the Daughters of the American Revolution, joined more than DAR 3,500 members last week in the nation's capital for the 127th Continental Congress, the service organization's annual meeting. The week-long convention consisted of business sessions, committee meetings and social functions and was topped off with formal evening ceremonies at which national award winners are honored. At the ceremony honoring our nation's military personnel and veterans, they...
Amber, Kloey, Ellie and Nick Brink arrived at the home of their grandparents, Larry and Di Brink, July 1. They stayed the week and attended Vacation Bible School at the LaCrosse Methodist Church. They also made a birthday cake for their great aunt, Joan Myrick, Tuesday, and Joan and Lucky came to the Brink home to share it. They returned to their home in Omak Friday. Vacation Bible School in LaCrosse was a huge success, with 30 children present for most of the week. Volunteers from LaCrosse and Dusty made it a great time for the participants....
The Endicott Fourth of July Celebration was a big success. The Endicott Trap Club held their Four-Gun Shoot, the swimming pool was busy, the dunk tank had a lot of participants, the food and pie booths were very busy all evening and the bouncy house had a lot of takers. Doug Carlson played the National Anthem on trumpet just before the fireworks. The fireworks were spectacular and lit up the sky for 20 minutes. Endicott Parks and Rec, the Community Club and Food Center did an excellent job. The crowd was large and the uproar of appreciation...
The documentary "Decoding the Weather Machine" will be shown at the Colfax Library TEK Center three times Tuesday, July 17, at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. This free showing is provided by funding from Nova and PBS with popcorn being served by Friends of the Library. From Puerto Rico to South Africa and even here on the Palouse, the world is already starting to feel the impacts of climate change. The vast majority of scientists agree that the trend toward unusual and extreme weather is the result of climate change During this documentary,...
Cheryl was born in Olympia and grew up in Moses Lake. She graduated from Moses Lake with the class of 1990. Cheryl attended EWU where she met her husband, Mark. Mark grew up in Colfax, but his family relocated to Clarkston when he was in high school. Mark graduated from Clarkston with the class of 1990. He began his college education at Lewis and Clark and later transferred to EWU, where he graduated with a degree in business. They have been married for 23 years, now reside in Colfax and are...
A five-year-old boy who was reported missing after darting off the trail at Kamiak Butte July 2 was located about 45 minutes after a search got underway. The boy was found in an area of fairly dense trees and brush about one-half mile from where he detoured off the trail during a family hike, Sheriff Brett Myers reported. The boy's mother called 911 at about 1:30 p.m. to report the youngster had hurried off the trail. Searchers determined he had gone missing near the first vista point on the Kamiak trail, about one-half mile from the parking...
Colfax Wednesday, July 18: Barbecue beef sandwich, fries, coleslaw, fruit. LaCrosse Tuesday, July 17: Breakfast, fruit, cinnamon roll. Palouse Wednesday, July 18: Fish fillet, baked potato, grape and broccoli salad, dessert. Pullman Monday, July 16: Spaghetti, Caesar salad, fruit, garlic bread, pudding. Friday, July 20: Sandwich wrap, vegetable tray, spinach and strawberry salad, dessert. Rosalia Tuesday, July 17: Fish fillet, baked potato, grape and broccoli salad, dessert....
Parenting workshop series set at Tekoa Tekoa Library and the Healthy Tekoa Coalition will host a free, six-week workshop for parents with children between the ages of birth and 8 on Mondays, July 16 through Aug. 20, at the Tekoa Library at 5 p.m. Topics will includes academic and persistence coaching, emotional literacy, social and self-regulation skills, problem solving and child-directed play. Childcare and light snacks will be provided. Adults who complete the six-week course will earn a $20 gift certificate. For more information or to...
Dear Savvy Senior, What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia? My aunt has dementia, but they don’t know if she has Alzheimer’s disease, which is very confusing to me. --Trying To Understand Dear Trying, Many people use the words “Alzheimer’s disease” and “dementia” interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. In fact, you can have a form of dementia that is completely unrelated to Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what you should know. Dementia versus Alzheimer’s Dementia is a general term for a set of symptoms that includ...
Colfax School board will consider design schematics July 30 for upcoming construction at the high school and Jennings Elementary as the planning process continues after the $18.9 million bond passed in February. The board, which was set to meet July 23, moved the meeting back a week to allow more time for District Business Manager Reece Jenkin and Superintendent Jerry Pugh to prepare the 2018-19 district budget. It requires board approval to be sent to the state by the end of the month. On the...