Editorial

Why not resolve to make a difference? Why not resolve to become informed and have a clear understanding of the issues, rather than blindly checking a “D” or an “R” come November? And why not start now?

The following editorial appeared in the (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian: Donald Trump’s first year in office was not marked by major foreign policy achievements. But with the new year comes a new opportunity for his administration as a window opens to modernize the Columbia River Treaty with Canada.

On Christmas Day, a former Washington State University College Republicans president was suspended from Twitter seemingly out of the blue, the Daily News reported Thursday. James Allsup, who had more than 23,000 followers on Twitter, is a political activist who gained infamy for the Trump wall erected under his direction by the College Republicans on WSU’s campus in 2016 and, most notably, for being spotted at the Aug. 11 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., that later turned deadly.

The following editorial appears on Bloomberg View: Seven years ago, the U.S. led an effort to address a problem facing governments everywhere. Each year, people manage to avoid paying an estimated $2.5 trillion in income tax – a giant sum that could be used to combat poverty, update infrastructure or lower tax rates for law-abiding citizens.

The following editorial is from the (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian. It is a small victory for Union High School, but it provides a much-needed opportunity to discuss a larger issue.

Looking Back reviews opinions published in The Spokesman-Review during this week in history. Churchill visits U.S., Dec. 28, 1941

(Editor’s note: These are the remarks of President Lyndon B. Johnson at the lighting of the nation’s Christmas Tree in 1963):

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.

Although the NTSB investigation is just getting underway, some important questions must be answered by the public and private operators of passenger trains in Washington state and beyond.

The way the Legislature has heaped more responsibilities on local governments – counties as well as cities – year after year so the state can cut costs seems wrong.

There is a need to fully fund public schools and finally remove the yoke of the McCleary ruling that has dominated discussion in Olympia for far too long.

The state’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction learned its plan on how to implement the new law received top marks in two recent analyses.

Looking Back reviews opinions published in The Spokesman-Review during this week in history. Paying for abortions, Dec. 19, 1975

At night, the ribbon is ablaze with colorful lights, adding to the festive atmosphere of the holiday in downtown Spokane.

The people who elected Donald Trump, and those whom he serves as president, have a right to know that their president isn’t playing by an old set of rules when everyone else is playing, finally, by new and fairer ones.

Five years after Sandy Hook, it is still far too easy for evil people to get guns and use them on schoolchildren, congregations, movie fans, ballplayers, concertgoers.

Jones is not in perfect sync with many Alabama voters on some issues, most notably abortion. But he is an honorable man with an admirable record of public service.

Both parties have benefited from anonymous donations. Both parties have been burned by them. Now they should join forces and eliminate them.