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MONKEY THINK, MONKEY WRITE: It’s too hard to take sides in the polygamy case

It’s been one rotten headline after another this past week.

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BETWEEN CLASSES: Soon we will take our different paths

With our senior year winding down, most of our classmates have only a rough knowledge of what the…

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VIEWPOINT: Remember the fallen on this Memorial Day

Not long ago, somebody asked me to name the hardest thing I’d encountered as governor. I didn’t even…

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Bad link on food prices and biofuels

Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel have been the subject of a lot of bad press lately. It…

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MONKEY THINK, MONKEY WRITE: Campaigns should focus on the new reality

Some astute political observers say the candidate who offers the best message for change, a concrete vision for…

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BETWEEN CLASSES: Culminating project didn’t go over well with the guinea pigs

Thanks to Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” Act, the Washington State Legislature has been compelled to come up…

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It’s time we reduce our carbon food-print

I have a slight problem with dyslexia. However, “backward thinking” isn’t always a disadvantage. These days it seems…

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MONKEY THINK, MONKEY WRITE: Political correctness can be pretty hard work

Greetings! I have just returned from a self-imposed, three-day exile in the Honeycomb Hideout.

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ALL ABOARD: The not-so-nice thrice price of rice?

Before we get started, although it certainly seems as if we have, let me thank you who have…

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Library will help war-torn country

Jimmy Carter said, “Peace is much more than just the absence of war.”

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Help make next ‘Celebrate America’ one great festival

It is hard to believe that the Fourth of July is right around the corner. Celebrate America, which…

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BETWEEN CLASSES: Healthcare system today is a putrid stew

Imagine if almost everybody in our country were healthy.

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MONKEY THINK, MONKEY WRITE: Who was that masked man with the garden hoe?

Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how to make a good disguise?