April 11, 2023, 6:01am Columns
If you feel like drag queens are ubiquitous these days, you aren’t wrong. Whether it’s public libraries, advertisements or award shows, it seems like the gender-bending performers, once relegated to mature adult spaces, are suddenly impossible to avoid. Read story
April 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
We, the chroniclers, in order to help the People of the United States form a more perfect Union (or at least salvage the shaky, imperfect one we’ve got!) are today proposing a two-part effort that may be our best chance for re-establishing Justice and returning our homeland to a semblance… Read story
April 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Years of widening economic inequality, compounded by the pandemic and political storm and stress, have given Americans the impression that the country is on the wrong track. Now there’s empirical data to show just how far the country has run off the rails: Life expectancies have been falling. Read story
April 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
I’m the last person to be cheering the politicization of judicial selections. I’m old enough to remember the days when most judges were appointed for life (as they still are at the federal level), based in theory on stellar qualifications, when they were confirmed without giving their opinions on the… Read story
April 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Solving the homeless crisis in Clark County represents a critical mission for our community. Read story
April 10, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Ron DeSantis seems to be fading under the technicolor lunacy of Donald Trump. That’s a hard act to compete with, especially when the Florida governor’s act is a watercolor version. The assault on his state’s biggest private taxpayer and employer, meanwhile, is incomprehensive. The Walt Disney Co. isn’t a school… Read story
April 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
To hear it from Donald Trump and his supporters, his prosecution in New York is an unprecedented abuse of the court system for political ends based on the most trivial of charges. Read story
April 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
“This seems to be more about the person than about the crime.” Read story
April 9, 2023, 6:01am Columns
On Monday The Columbian published an article by The Hechinger Report about community and technical colleges. This article was not an accurate representation of community colleges in Washington in general or specifically Clark College. The article painted broad brush strokes at the national level and used examples from other regions… Read story
April 7, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Right after a 28-year-old shot six people to death at a small Christian school, Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, emoted on camera. Read story