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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Differences between the sides

June 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Nolan Finley’s column (“Give us hope, not fear,” The Columbian, June 22) seems to be written by a grumpy old man himself who can’t tell the difference between the two sides yet. Read story

Letter: Letters are good for a laugh

June 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Roy Schimelpfenig, the letter to the editor comedian (“Trump is a true leader,” Our Readers’ Views, June 22). My friends and I always have a good laugh after reading Roy’s letters to the editor. Read story

Letter: Palestinians are not innocent

June 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Almost every newspaper article about the war in Gaza eventually gets around to casualty figures (never confirmed by an independent source) that supposedly comingles civilian and terrorist deaths. Of course, this is promoted to inflame smoldering antisemitism factions that, unfortunately, exist under the thin veneer of leftist political thought. Read story

Letter: Trump is failed leader

June 28, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Roy Schimelpfenig (“Trump is a true leader,” Our Readers’ Views, June 22) has been asleep at the wheel. Trump encouraged millions of people to go unvaccinated during COVID, allowing nearly a million citizens to die. Yes, half of the deaths were after Trump left the White House, but his lies,… Read story

Letter: Trump not fit to be president

June 27, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

In the 1770s, Thomas Paine, the author of “Common Sense,” wrote about America and its relationship with England: “There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” Read story

Letter: Make arts center accessible

June 27, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Regarding the recent article about a proposed arts center, Kathy McDonald stated that parking would be a “very walkable two blocks away” (“After years looking at downtown …,” The Columbian, June 20). Read story

Letter: Posting commandments won’t help

June 27, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

It is rather ironic that conservative Christians are in favor of, and rejoicing over, the decision to post the Ten Commandments in all Louisiana schools. Don’t they realize that these were Jewish, handed down by a Jew, Moses, to a Jewish people? Read story

Letter: Policies invite asylum-seekers

June 27, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Having worked at the southern border for 10 years, one discovered that certain occurrences would happen again and again. Read story

Letter: Barred owl proposal is misguided

June 26, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Kudos to Hilary Franz, Washington’s commissioner of public lands, for speaking out against a federal scheme to kill up to 500,000 barred owls in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Read story

Letter: Put end to fireworks debate

June 26, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

I found it interesting that 75 years ago the city was dealing with fireworks issues. In the This Week in Clark County History article (The Columbian, June 7), Mayor Vern Anderson cracked down on firecrackers and fireworks within the city limits. Read story

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