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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No ‘free’ in free trade
All this talk about "free trade" might make an uninformed person believe that opening up trade with foreign companies will result in free trade for American businesses and workers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Published June 22, 2015
Wounded Warrior Caregiving Hero: Meet Sonia and Julio Alvarado
In the trying days and months after their son Luis was wounded in Afghanistan, Sonia and Julio Alvarado found themselves questioning the very faith that governed their lives as United Methodist pastors. Published June 22, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Following South Carolina shooting, resist reactive measures
Thoughts are with the victims of last week's South Carolina church shooting. Unfortunately, the left again pushes for divisive, ineffective gun control instead of addressing the root causes of the problem. Published June 22, 2015
EDITORIAL: The Christian example of Charleston
The Civil War, the War Between the States, the War of Northern Aggression, the Late Unpleasantness -- call it what you will depending on your preference -- began in Charleston Harbor with an attack on Fort Sumter, and ended four years later with a northern victory that preserved the Union and freed the slaves. Published June 22, 2015
Wounded Warrior Caregiving Hero: Meet Sami Anderson
This year, Sami Anderson and her husband Garrett celebrate the number 10 it represents both their tenth wedding anniversary and ten years since Garrett's "Alive Day," the day an IED detonated under his Humvee on a night mission in Baghdad. Only six months separated the two events. Published June 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: English teacher learns there’s life in Shakespeare
If there's one man in the history of words and books and speech who needs no defense against the slings and arrows of the envious, it's William Shakespeare, the country lad who grew up to make English the most important language in the world, and to spin tales in it that would instruct, entertain and inspire the millions four centuries after his death. Published June 21, 2015
EDITORIAL: Consumers have right to know where their food comes from
Who's hiding what, and in whose pantry? American farmers and food processors usually take a lot of pride in what they grow and package, and where they grow and package it -- whether jams and jellies from Oregon, prime beef from Texas and Colorado, tacos from New Mexico, fish from New England, peanut butter "proudly made in Arkansas," and fruits and nuts from California's San Joaquin Valley. It's often right on the label. Published June 21, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Donald Trump needs to show campaign sincerity
During the 2012 election season Donald Trump was saying a lot of politically incorrect things that were right on the mark — and he was generating interest right up until the time he decided a TV show was more important than the country. We are now in the 2016 general election season and Mr. Trump is again making politically incorrect statements that are again right on the mark. Is this all for publicity? Is Mr. Trump just a really rich guy looking for excitement? If he is not sincere about a presidential run I wish he would stop confusing the issue. Published June 18, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rachel Dolezal race flap a heritage pride issue
Rachel Dolezal's long-running deception was a bad thing done by a woman who has clearly lost her real identity ("Rachel Dolezal, Spokane NAACP president, steps down amid race backlash," Web, June 15). Published June 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: Pope Francis gives global warming fanatics blind faith
Not so long ago the global-warming fanatics got their backs up if someone accused them of preaching religious doctrine disguised as science, even as they defended their scientific "evidence" as if it were Scripture. Global warming was "settled science," they insisted, and the skeptics of the doctrine that the warming was the irresponsible work of man were dismissed as ignorant "deniers" of holy writ. Published June 18, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Iran nuclear talks deadline stirs desperation for Kerry
Before he fell off his bicycle, the secretary of state took great pains to persuade doubters that as President Obama's chief negotiator with Iran he could and would prevent the radical Islamic regime from building a nuclear bomb. Published June 18, 2015
Wounded Warrior Caregiving Hero: Meet Roxana Delgado
"How do you fall in love again?" Roxana Delgado wondered, once she realized the man she had fallen in love with was gone, taken away by the effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Published June 18, 2015
Regime change in Iran: Major U.S. figures join call for regime change in Tehran
Tens of thousands of Iranian opposition exiles gathered in France last weekend for an annual rally demanding regime change in Iran and condemning President Obama's push to sign a nuclear accord with the Islamic republic. Published June 17, 2015
Wounded Warrior Caregiving Hero: Meet Patti Katter
Patti met her husband Ken in the early 1990s when he was transitioning from the Marine Corps to civilian life to serve as a police officer. Published June 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mega-church mega-greed
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy had mega-church pastors like Creflo Dollar in mind. Schopenhauer said, "The physician sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity." Published June 17, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pope Francis no climate expert
When did the pope become an expert on the climate ("Tom Steyer, Pope Francis, and climate change hypocrisy," Web, May 27)? What business does he have declaring that climate change is caused by man's actions? Published June 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Rachel Dolezal: Identifying with delusion
Wishful thinking has its uses. It can ward off the blues, encourage ambition, and even entertain (in small doses). But wishful thinking is, after all, only a daydream. It can't turn water into wine, a fumble into a touchdown, or a white woman into a black woman, however hard she may wish it so. There's reality, sometimes dull and sometimes painful, but real all the same. Wishful thinking can deteriorate into delusion, and that's not good. Published June 17, 2015
EDITORIAL: Obama must deal with Syria’s chemical weapons
President Obama warned in August 2012 that Syria must not cross his "red line" against using chemical weapons against the rebels — or else. President Bashar Assad has continued to cross Mr. Obama's red line, and we're still waiting to see the "else." Published June 17, 2015
Wounded Warrior Caregiving Hero: Meet Liz Hunt
Liz Hunt's husband, Rob, was medically retired in 2014 after struggling with declining health, the result of severe chronic migraines, spinal damage, cognitive and memory issues, nerve damage, multiple traumatic brain injuries, as well as nightmares and PTSD. On his worst days, Rob needs emergency medical care to manage his pain. But that's not what the public sees when they look at him. They don't see the accumulation of physical and mental injuries that resulted from his 28 years of service. Rob's wounds are largely invisible to them, with the only outward clue being his use of a cane on days when his gate is unstable. Published June 16, 2015
EDITORIAL: American divided on abortion
Abortion is the unresolved issue in American politics. The U.S. Supreme Court thought it settled the issue with its Roe v. Wade decision in 1972, but lawsuits questioning the specifics of how a woman can terminate a pregnancy continue to flood the dockets of lower courts across the nation. Occasionally a case still winds up before the high court as well. Lives, black and white, matter, and issues of life and death carry profound moral significance that continue to challenge judges. Conscience is innate, not a creation of the state. Published June 16, 2015
