More first days of school

by Debbie Carini Seven years ago, I wrote what I thought was my last column about the first day of school—it was my son’s last first: the first day of his senior year of high school. In that column, I reminisced about all the first days of school –...

Trade commission ends bogus tariffs on newsprint

I wrote in this space a couple of months ago how recent 30 percent newsprint tariffs were designed solely to damage the newspaper industry. It all started earlier this year, when the new owners of one Washington State mill filed a complaint with the International...

Readers comments 9-14-18

Spending standard Dear Editor: Tuesday night, the city council approved the purchase of 14 new police cruisers at a cost of more than $500,000. Their unanimous decision was not based on rational economic analysis, but rather fear and the mere fact that the purchase...