I’m confused. For over three years our president has been telling us that the greatest threat to democracy is right wing, MAGA, white supremacists.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/09/letter-protesters-threaten-democracy/
I must offer a retort to the cartoon published on May 3, and Froma Harrop’s dishonest column the same day smearing those who are protesting the genocide in Gaza, supported by the United States.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/09/letter-commentary-cartoon-are-off-base/
I want to echo Karissa Halstrom’s letter (“Vote to end aid to Israel,” Our Readers’ Views, May 3).
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/09/letter-perez-needs-to-up-her-game/
If you’re still supporting Donald Trump for president, you’re saying that the 91 criminal indictments, or his sexual assault and bank fraud guilty verdicts don’t really matter to you.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/09/letter-character-matters-in-a-president/
A good many people, including a recent writer with a letter to the editor of The Columbian, are under the assumption that moral values originate in Christian sources.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/08/letter-morality-goes-beyond-christianity/
I support the right of the protesters on college campuses to voice their opinion of the war in Gaza or any other cause whether it is right or wrong.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/08/letter-keep-protests-peaceful/
The major reason behind the reduced water flow in Salmon Creek is the continued diversion of rural farmland to residential and industrial use.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/08/letter-development-drains-salmon-creek/
In reply to Mr. Molenaar’s concern about Washington’s energy policy (“Fight against climate is costly,” Our Readers’ Views, May 1), let’s compare gas prices in Washington with those i...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/08/letter-climate-fight-is-worth-it/
So a young man who has been detained for shoplifting candy bars, on the ground on his back, telling officers he is not going to resist, is stripped in public and a responding officer holds a Tase...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/07/letter-is-this-justice-for-all/
A letter (“Kudos to Vancouver officer,” Our Readers’ Views, April 30) states Officer Andrea Mendoza did her job “despite the political nonsense she was subjected to.”
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/07/letter-will-police-policies-change/
As a former teacher, I know the job is demanding. Teachers today deal with extreme and unsafe student behaviors with few corrective options and minimal consequences.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/07/letter-improve-discipline-in-classrooms/
With another loss at the ballot for the Ridgefield School District bonds, maybe it’s time for the school board to go to the city and say: stop, no more development until you figure out how to p...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/07/letter-rethink-growth-in-ridgefield/
The American people want peace. They want to use our resources for human development. In contrast, the president and Congress perpetuate conflict through intimidation, sanctions and by flexing ou...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/06/letter-support-brave-university-students/
Law and order, education, energy and our economy have all been upended.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/letter-signs-of-americas-moral-decay/
Clark County’s newly formed Rural Event Task Force is not a true representation of rural landowners.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/letter-keep-the-quiet-in-rural-areas-2/
Bob Mattila’s outrageous comparison of the Biden administration to the Hitler regime is contemptuous, small-minded and pales in comparison to the truth of who is the real threat to this nation ...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/letter-trump-poses-a-threat-2/
The article regarding the much appreciated and competent service of the Columbia River Pilots is both enlightening and alarming (“River pilots keep ships rolling on the Columbia,” The Columbi...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/letter-examine-safety-of-bridges/
I returned home last night from two weeks of travel to Germany and Prague.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/letter-bidens-clearheadedness-is-needed/
This Mother’s Day, we will mourn the loss of at least 15,000 children killed in Israel’s genocide on Gaza over the past six months, aided and abetted by the U.S. government.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/03/letter-vote-to-end-aid-to-israel/
Having spent three years in England many years ago in the Air Force, I got used to roundabouts.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/03/letter-roundabouts-can-grow-on-you/
Railroads continue to claim that they are an efficient and environmentally sound mode of transporting goods across the country. Yet, those same railroad operators fail to comply with local, state...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/03/letter-railroad-companies-fail-to-comply/
Washingtonian women may feel secure that our state will protect their reproductive freedoms.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/03/letter-vote-to-protect-reproductive-rights/
William Underwood (“Forgive student loan debt,” Our Readers’ Views, April 24) describes the current plight of students facing heavy student loan burdens as resulting from “predatory lendi...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/02/letter-debt-compounds-over-time/
I think the city and county should get with the 21st century and install traffic speed lights.
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/02/letter-traffic-cameras-would-be-helpful/
When local newspapers disregard and ignore a large percentage of the local subscribers’ religious, patriotic, and political ideals and affiliations, by promoting leftist, progressive candidates...
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/02/letter-newspapers-cause-own-problems/