June 4, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
I was heartened to see the Cowlitz Indoan Tribe hailing Skamania County’s Kwoneesum Dam pending removal as an environmental win (“ ‘Welcome to our cathedral’: Cowlitz tribe, Columbia Land Trust hail dam’s pending removal,” The Columbian, May 14). However, for over a year I have been trying to get tribal… Read story
June 4, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Just read in the Columbian that the “Election Integrity” petition failed to get the required minimum signatures to qualify for the next election (“Clark County election security petition falls about 20,000 signatures short,” The Columbian, May 29). Not surprising, given the fact that our elections, both locally and nationally, are… Read story
June 3, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
I am a 74-year-old Jewish woman who attended Sunday school at Temple Beth Am in Chicago and faithfully donated my entire allowance every week to buy trees for the new state of Israel. I sang in the choir every Saturday, and participated in other activities on Wednesdays. Read story
June 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Gary Parmentier’s recent letter about abortion (“Consider ‘choice,’ available services,” Our Readers’ Views, May 27) includes misinformation such as that “many women regret abortion choices”; 95 percent of them in a recent study did not (University of California, San Francisco). Read story
June 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
I urge Washington voters to reject Initiative 2117. Read story
June 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
It appears that the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program administrator, Mr. Johnson, and the advocate quoted in the article, Ms. Zivarts, might benefit from a reminder that the letter “I” in “I-5 Bridge” stands for interstate (“Interstate Bridge Replacement Program officials want span that’s attractive to cyclists, walkers, those using wheelchairs,”… Read story
June 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
It was impressive that nine area Methodist pastors issued apologies regarding the church’s past policies and practices toward the LGBTQ community (“Churches welcome inclusion,” Our Readers’ Views, May 14). Read story
June 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The problem with many student loans is that they can be capital transfers for community and college development in the name of student loans, but don’t expect to hear that said. Read story
May 31, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
“Acknowledge the cost of freedom,” a Columbian editorial exhorts us (In Our View, May 25). Read story
May 31, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The opinion piece concerning transgender identity, accommodation and medical conditions was unworthy of your publication, because it relies on simplistic and erroneous assumptions about sexuality and gender identity (“Transgender women and locker rooms,” Froma Harrop, May 27). Read story
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