Thumbs up - To WWU leaders for their approach to state budget issues. It's nice to see the university administration working to find savings rather than resisting doing so.
When the Washington Department of Ecology approved Whatcom County's updated shoreline building rules, builders, farmers, environmental advocates and tribes joined state and county leaders in applauding both the final document and the process that produced it.
Thumbs up - To a new national settlement with Countrywide Financial Corp. that gives homeowners a chance to stay in their homes after they were misled by the lender.
In the great search for somebody to blame for the nation's economic meltdown, an easy scapegoat is emerging.