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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> A local program is helping to stamp out food insecurity through help from a popular food delivery service. The Greater Washington County Food Bank recently partnered with DoorDash to deliver boxes of food to older residents in Washington ...

No party innocent in lack of immigration policy

When it comes to immigration, and especially at this moment in our politics, I’m a “bothsides-er.” These days, complaining about both sides – Democrats and Republicans – invites a lot of scorn and ridicule, usually from people on one side. On some issues that scorn might be deserved. ...

Washington puts its chips on chips

Should Washington push an “industrial policy”? That is, should the U.S. government get involved in promoting certain domestic industries?Darn straight it should. And that goes double when it comes to semiconductors. Computer chips are the little brains that run appliances, airplanes, mobile ...

America then and now: reflections from 1972 to 2022

WASHINGTON – Three landmarks in time just took place.The Watergate break-in that led to a president resigning; Ms. magazine, chronicling the womenĢƵ movement; and the John F. Kennedy Center all turned 50.ItĢƵ well to remember each. 1972 was full of firsts. LetĢƵ pause to see how we’re ...

Scathing rebuttal letter had consequences

English composition was one of my favorite high school courses. In fact, during the first semester of my freshman year of college, my English professor pulled me aside and informed me that, he had exempted me from the next four-credit English composition course. That honor, plus a C grade in a ...