A recent Columbian article stated that there may be a need for over 18,000 housing units in downtown Vancouver (“Vancouver identifies 20 underutilized sites in downtown for potential new housing,” The ...

• Any person using government money cannot make more than 11 cents per dollar invested. • Establish a government distribution center. • The center would take bids on other countries’ needs. • When ...

I counted four logical fallacies in Mike Fetzer’s recent letter about public pensions: false dichotomy, appeal to emotion, straw man and non sequitur. While I agree with his view of where we’re headed ...

We read about the mechanisms that can be installed on the vehicles of habitual speeders. I find some flaws with this plan. First, we almost never see anyone pulled over for speeding, so how many ...

Interesting reading about the various politicians supporting a $2,700 Permanent Fund dividend payment and saying it would kickstart discussions about a long-term fiscal plan. All too many times we ...

In his recent letter to the editor, Joseph Stansbury proposes to import large amounts of water from other states or water basins. But this is not viable due to many longstanding legal and regulatory ...

I sent this message to the Insurance Commissioner, the governor, our representatives in the state Senate and Assembly in hopes that one of them will take action to help homeowners in California. “The ...

I totally agree with Barbara Freidman’s letter (“Medicare at risk from Trump,” March 23) regarding Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare has worked from day one to provide health care for all seniors, ...

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