Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Do you think of politics as an uncontrollable monster? Is it an unstoppable beast you have no hope of influencing? Is it a Goliath?

Do you want to ignore politics, and just live your own life? You may want to ignore politics, but politics is not ignoring you!

There is no aspect of modern life that is not constrained by laws, regulations, and rules. From food production to energy production, from home building to shipping, from banking to monetary policy —it’s all politics. And many of the people making the laws that control your life, your business, your job, your safety and your he...