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Letters to the editor: January 13, 2021

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Tyranny or freedom Dear Editor: Having made a quick trip to Utah and back recently, it is extremely depressing to see the number of sheep in Oregon and Washington that are allowing themselves to be controlled by tyrannical governors while Idaho and Utah businesses, even small businesses, are prospering, maybe not prospering the way they […]

Punish the ‘perpetraitors’

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There must be accountability. It must be swift, certain and appropriately punitive. Those who plan, promote, take part in or immorally support a violent coup attempt aimed at the heart of American democracy deserve no leniency. The Trump cult traitor terrorists have earned all the condemnation, disgust and force of law that is now their […]

Letters to the editor: January 6, 2021

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Adverse impacts Dear Editor: The Mission Restoration Project (MRP) and the Twisp Restoration Project (TRP) were my biggest sources of stress and frustration in 2020. The MRP has the greatest chance of adversely impacting the Methow watershed and all the critters that are dependent on it. All of the forest documents include a good analysis […]

Revolutionary thoughts

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I’ve been reading a book about the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War, and all the brilliant strategic decisions, boneheaded mistakes, personal vanities and serendipitous advantages that culminated in George Washington’s siege victory over the British General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. The book, by noted historian Nathaniel Philbrick, is “In the Hurricane’s Eye: […]