Members of the League of Women Voters at their national convention adopted a new national position, following a two-year study initiated by the League of Women Voters of Washington State. In brief, the position states “it is the responsibility of the government to provide support for ...

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Devi Harris has made a closing argument. For the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald John Trump. How, you ask, did Harris do this? It’s simple: By answering a single question on The View, a daytime-television talk show that isn’t ...

When God decided that mankind should have self-government, the Creator said quietly “And we may have to accept the existence of political parties despite the fact that they will become one of the tools like larceny, blackmail, Ponzi schemes, cheating at cards and other scams that allow men to ...

Dear Richard and I have always been content with that fourth petition in the Lord’s Prayer. Until Oct. 1. On the last day of September, we made a difficult decision. We would not eat bread for a month and see if it helped reduce our ever-expanding waistlines. The conversation began as we ...

Recently, I had COVID for eight days. Friends have kindly offered to drop off soup or ginger tea on my porch, to walk my dogs, to pick up whatever we might need at the store. Still, I’ve felt isolated, reminiscent of those years when fear of Covid kept my normally welcoming front door open ...

There is one parade I wish I could have attended—the one that ended the Civil War. Over two days the Armies of the Union traversed Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to the White House, a seemingly unending sea of soldiers. In the case of General Sherman’s Army, it took most of a day ...