Recent NWCitizen Articles

The Way I See It - Self
By Ham Hayes · Wed Apr 14, 2010
Procrastination, thy name is Self
2 min read
The Way I See It - Tea Party on a roll
By Ham Hayes · Wed Apr 7, 2010
The Tea Party reflects a major shift in citizen political participation.
4 min read · 7 comments
The Way I See It - Cranes and cows
By Ham Hayes · Wed Mar 31, 2010
Sandhill Cranes: the Columbia River Basin’s swallows of Capistrano
3 min read
The Way I See It - Epic of Gilgamesh
By Ham Hayes · Wed Mar 24, 2010
From the earliest known writings of humanity, we hear the voices of distressed peoples.
3 min read · 2 comments
Eagles - 2, Herons - 0
By Ham Hayes · Sun Mar 21, 2010
If you are going to visit the heron nesting area at Post Point Lagoon in the near future, you are in for a pleasant surprise.
1 min read
The Way I See It - Healthcare Reprise
By Ham Hayes · Wed Mar 17, 2010
Public approval of Congress continues to slide and for good reason.
4 min read
The Way I See It - Choose your poison
By Ham Hayes · Wed Mar 10, 2010
How we, the public, choose to respond to growing polarization in our society is crucial.
3 min read · 1 comment
The Way I See It - The Fall of Science
By Ham Hayes · Wed Mar 3, 2010
Enough has been revealed, written and said about “Climate-gate” for me to be alarmed.
3 min read · 7 comments
The Way I See It - Beware AHD
By Ham Hayes · Wed Feb 24, 2010
Hockey night in Canada may be replaced.
3 min read · 2 comments
The Way I See It - “I’ve got your back.”
By Ham Hayes · Wed Feb 17, 2010
Leaders in government need to rethink their approach.
4 min read
The Way I See It - Beauty or Beast?
By Ham Hayes · Wed Feb 10, 2010
Unlike other species, we need more than basic survival strategies.
3 min read · 1 comment
The Way I See It—Quetzal Talk
By Ham Hayes · Wed Feb 3, 2010
Ham is vacationing in Costa Rica. He sends us his observations.
2 min read
The Way I See It - Death by Secrecy
By Ham Hayes · Wed Jan 27, 2010
Issues are no longer relevant when secrecy is the name of the game.
3 min read · 1 comment
The Way I See It - Upheaval!
By Ham Hayes · Wed Jan 20, 2010
The earthquake in Haiti is a new reminder that we must also be prepared.
4 min read
The Way I See It - Don’t Eat That!
By Ham Hayes · Wed Jan 13, 2010
What will New York’s proposed salt reduction laws do for us?
3 min read
The Way I See It - Flying Blind
By Ham Hayes · Wed Jan 6, 2010
The screening of several million airline passengers a day is a huge task–and not being very well done.
3 min read · 2 comments
The Way I See It - Decade “Change”
By Ham Hayes · Wed Dec 30, 2009
Paul Krugman of the New York Times calls the now departing decade, “Decade Zero.” My wife and I are traveling this week to visit three of our six grandchildren, and to me Krugman&#
3 min read · 1 comment
The Way I See It - Be Thankful
By Ham Hayes · Wed Dec 23, 2009
I recently heard Nicholas Kristof speak on the oppression of women and girls around the world. He and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, have just published a brilliant book, “Half the Sky,” Alfr
4 min read
The Way I See It - Season’s Greetings
By Ham Hayes · Wed Dec 16, 2009
It’s the Season. As a country and a society we come from many diverse cultures and belief systems. And few other countries in the world protect the right of self expression, of religiou
3 min read
The Way I See It - Sad days in Congress
By Ham Hayes · Wed Dec 9, 2009
Most companies depend on customer satisfaction to stay in business. If our U.S. Congress were a company, it would be in deep trouble on that count. Few would buy their stock. Congress’
3 min read · 10 comments

Ham Hayes

Citizen Journalist · Writing Since Jan 21, 2008
Ham moved to Bellingham in 1999 and wrote for NW Citizen from 2007 to 2011. He died in October 2022.

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