Put yourself in Kathy Kramer’s shoes for a minute.
Journey with us, if you will, all the way back to August 2019. In a budget deal passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, Washington suspended the U.S. debt limit for two years — two years in which Republicans refrained from pitching a fit every time the U.S. needed to borrow …
 year and a half into the pandemic, the long-feared specter of rationed health care — that is, the delay or denial of medical treatment to some patients who need it because there simply aren’t enough resources to go around — is perilously close to becoming reality. As unvaccinated coronavir…
Here’s why everybody kept telling you to fill out your census.
As the Republican leaders of the House Rural Development, Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee (RDAN), we are directly involved in addressing legislation related to agricultural production and lands, water rights and storage, forest practices, wildfires and much more. When the pandemic…
To the editor -- I know this letter will stir some outrage from some people, but I'd like to address the abortion issue without the emotions clouding the debate.
To the editor -- Deporting asylum applicants to their country of origin without a lawful hearing is contrary to U.S. law and international treaties.
Remembering a hero who slipped away
To the editor -- I would suggest that the U.S. border with Mexico be completely sealed off from any illegal border crossings and instead consulate facilities be located at several locations in…
To the editor -- I’m a 92-year-old vet. Gen. Mark Milley put America ahead of himself and his future.
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At the U.N. General Assembly last week, President Joe Biden told the world again that America is back at the table. He championed global cooperation as the only way to address today’s global challenges, making clear that it not only benefits the international community but is essential for American interests and national security too. It was a direct repudiation of the nationalist “America First” approach taken by then-President Donald Trump at the same assembly four years ago.
Two of America’s toughest problems can be tempered with one solution.
It was the kind of news story that would have been utterly shocking ... before March of 2020, anyway. An everyday occasion normally associated with joy — a baby shower — pivots into a squabble over something trivial. In this particular saga, which took place last weekend in a Pittsburgh suburb, the argument was over who would transport the shower gifts. Somehow, this devolved in an altercation — but after some brief fisticuffs, the father-to-be abruptly whipped out a 9 mm handgun and sta…
On the surface this seems reasonable. If people like credible news, expert opinions and fun videos, these algorithms should identify such high-quality content. But the wisdom of the crowds makes a key assumption here: that recommending what is popular will help high-quality content “bubble up.”
It makes all the sense in the world: If someone is accessible, easier to contact, then it is not much of a reach to assume that we can easily establish and maintain a connection with that person, right?
In the late 1980s, my livelihood was forever changed after the spotted owl protection controversy. I was a logger by trade with ambitions of owning my own logging business. This issue put me out of business and in a very hard situation. I had no assistance, and I had to learn a new trade, su…
As the Republican leaders of the House Rural Development, Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee (RDAN), we are directly involved in addressing legislation related to agricultural production and lands, water rights and storage, forest practices, wildfires and much more. When the pandemic…
‘It’s only a few cents more. Less than a latte a day.” It’s the same thing we’ve heard time and time again supporting tax hikes in Washington.
In the Aug. 22 editorial “Construction ahead: WSDOT’s budget is wearing thin,” WSDOT shared concerns about stretched budgets for state road and bridge funding. As a local elected official, with almost 20 years of experience, I have seen firsthand, “Band-Aid” approaches to highway maintenance…
I was concerned to see several significant errors in Linda Iasella’s Aug. 28 “Saturday Soapbox” article, titled “Homelessness or Hope? What’ll it be, Yakima?” Chief among my concerns was the unequivocally false statement that “Our county Human Services Department has decreased the funding fo…
What is a COVID-19 vaccine mandate worth if it includes exemptions for “sincerely held religious beliefs?”
Cooler heads don’t always prevail when you’re talking about state and federal bureaucracies allocating millions of dollars.
‘It’s only a few cents more. Less than a latte a day.” It’s the same thing we’ve heard time and time again supporting tax hikes in Washington.
The name Donald J. Trump is toxic for Republicans. It doesn’t matter if they’re Illinois Republicans, Indiana Republicans or members of the Grand Old Party on Mars.
We don’t mean to make light of something as serious as COVID, but the continuing resistance to vaccines and masks is beginning to seem like the old joke about the guy caught on his roof in a flood.
This Saturday, you could help out a good cause just by hanging around downtown.
Americans of divergent political persuasions found common cause to unite around President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because of the clear and present danger that al-Qaida posed to the nation. Political divisions began developing in the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, at w…
Every once in a while, Yakima comes up with something that simply takes your breath away.
You’ve likely seen the headlines about COVID-19 killing radio hosts and activists who opposed vaccines and masks. Several of those headlines were about Caleb Wallace, a Texan who helped organize a “freedom rally” this summer to protest mask-wearing. Some corners of the internet reacted with …
Gov. Jay Inslee and President Joe Biden delivered a one-two punch in the fight against the COVID pandemic last week, issuing new orders that should score significant points against the deadly virus.
Say you’re buying a shirt for $20. Fits nice and it’ll be easy to wash.
Those of us who follow the machinations of the gun industry have a high tolerance threshold for immoral actions. But the latest legal maneuver by lawyers for Remington, being sued in Connecticut court for irresponsible marketing of its product by the families of Sandy Hook victims, is enough…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has entered dangerous new territory in warning telecom companies not to comply with lawful requests from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
President Joe Biden continues to live in an alternate universe in regard to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. As someone put it on Twitter, his message is: “The mission was a complete success” and “it’s all my predecessor’s fault.”