I didn’t think members of the current administration could stoop lower than what we have seen to date. However, this latest disgrace is the worst… Continue reading
Downtown Sequim on April 5 was a sight. The quiet town was saying Hands Off. There were so many people there, it was amazing. This… Continue reading
On April 1, 2025 following President Trump’s executive order to purge DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) content from federal agencies Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth,… Continue reading
Proposed federal budget cuts to essential programs like Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP risk leaving vulnerable groups, including older adults and low-income households, without critical support.… Continue reading
We hear a lot these days about the imminent demise of our democracy. Well, look no further than the House of Representatives in Olympia for… Continue reading
Where will you be 50 years from now? Many, maybe a majority of current PDN subscribers will have to answer the same as I. Anyone… Continue reading
Many thanks to the author of the letter in the PDN on March 19. It was obviously written by a person of high ethics, having… Continue reading
Recently celebrating St Patrick’s Day made me reflect on the devastating potato famine that Ireland experienced in the 1840s and our country’s response to it.… Continue reading
Thomas Paine’s 47-page pamphlet, Common Sense, took colonial America by storm in 1776, selling a half-million copies, warning neighbors that, without the rule of law,… Continue reading
President Donald Trump has said he wants to bring back the Golden Age that he says covers the late 1800s through the late 1920s. Compare… Continue reading
Due process I have been raised that, when you see something, you say something. Hence my letter on deportation. First, I want to be clear… Continue reading
Indict now President Donald Trump is getting dangerously irrational and treasonous. He rules predominantly outside the U.S. Constitution and law. The mortal danger is that… Continue reading
In a March 28 letter, “Channeling Money,” the author states DOGE found some $312 million in Small Business Administration loans paid during 2020-21 to 5,593… Continue reading
Funding halted Clallam County’s 2009 Community Wildfire Protection Plan found that a major wildfire here would risk the most catastrophic losses in the entire state.… Continue reading
Sorry, MAGA Sorry, Donald, but America is not back; it has fallen backward. By punishing our friends with tariffs, abandoning our longstanding allies and turning… Continue reading
Checks and balances Our beloved country teeters on the edge of autocracy. The checks and balances that are foundational to democracy are dismantled as President… Continue reading
NOAA seeks comments on summer whale hunts (PDN, March 19.) But beware the deception in one popular talking point, two or three whales per year… Continue reading
At a recent Hands Off demonstration in Sequim, which protested President Donald Trump’s assault on our Constitution, friendly allies, American rights and earned entitlements, a… Continue reading
In a recent address to the EU parliament, Jeffrey Sachs detailed a 30-plus-year project of neocons in the U.S. deep state to expand NATO eastward… Continue reading
Moral clarity I grew up attending a Southern Baptist evangelical church that taught me a clear moral standard: A true Christian should never vote for… Continue reading
