Northwest Opinion Columns
Texting while driving an epidemic among teens
If a superbug were killing more than 3,000 American teenagers a year and seriously sickening more than 300,000, parents would be screaming for something to be done to protect their children.
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We must make all children get quality education
Our state legislators must figure out a way to “make ample provision” for educating all our children. Washington’s courts have ruled that:
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Gateway needs heroes in Olympia
Take a good look at the list to the right. Those 24 lawmakers have the power to create nearly 100,000 jobs and keep Pacific Rim shipping pouring into Puget Sound through the 21st century.
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Navigation 101: An idea that should be rescued from budget cuts
Back in the 1980s, educators in the Franklin Pierce School District realized there was a gulf in the way our students were being guided through middle and high school. Traditionally “college bound” kids got guidance that helped them graduate ready for the next level. Other students...
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Even in the digital age, libraries relevant to community
Social doomsayers predicted the demise of public libraries to correspond with the rise of the Internet and electronic books. But a funny thing happened, because it didn’t happen. According to data collected by the Pew Research Center, a nationwide focus on early childhood education is breathing...
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Our Voice: Thumbs up to Oregon lawmakers for taking action against skin cancer
Oregon lawmakers passed a bill banning minors from tanning salons last week, and Gov. John Kitzhaber says he will sign it.
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Our Voice: White Bluffs bladderpod's endangered species status result of flubbed process
It's amazing the kind of problems one little plant with an odd name can cause.
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In Focus: We must retain our freedom of conscience
Recent legislation and legal skirmishes have highlighted discussion and debate on freedom of conscience.
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Climate-change solutions must happen
The state Senate stripped Gov. Jay Inslee’s Climate Action bill of any reference linking climate change to greenhouse gas emissions, but new data released this week from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography show once again how people are influencing the Earth’s atmosphere.
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