Recent NWCitizen Articles

Your Traditional Medicare And Private Contractors in 2026
By Dick Conoboy · Mon Jan 12, 2026
Like it or not, if you are in Traditional Medicare in the State of Washington you are now under the WISeR Model run by a private entity.
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 3 days ago
4 min read · 11 comments, most recent 7 days ago
Downtown Bellingham
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Dec 26, 2025
3 min read · 9 comments, most recent 8 days ago
Humanomics 101
By Carol Follett · Sat Dec 20, 2025
3 min read · 4 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 3 weeks ago
Walker Report on the Nooksack River
By James Davenport · Tue Dec 16, 2025
This is the third in a series of three articles relevant to the pending adjudication.
7 min read · 5 comments, most recent 4 weeks ago
The Spirit of Dialogue
By James Davenport · Mon Dec 8, 2025
Second in a series on the possible change of water rights in Whatcom County
3 min read · 2 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
The Public Trust Doctrine
By James Davenport · Mon Dec 1, 2025
First in a series on possible changes to water rights that will impact Whatcom County.
3 min read · 7 comments, most recent 5 weeks ago
Mud Bay: A Tragedy of the Commons?
By Janet Migaki · Sun Nov 23, 2025
This is an update of a NorthwestCitizen article, “What Is the City of Bellingham Hiding?” published on Oct 1, 2025.
2 min read · 4 comments, most recent 7 weeks ago
Oaths of Office Considered On Veterans Day 2025
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 8, 2025
So that we all understand the military oaths and that there should be no confusion.
1 min read · 5 comments
Medicare (Dis)Advantage Open Season...Yet Again
By Dick Conoboy · Sat Nov 1, 2025
The choice of plans is yours, but it's akin to playing Russian Roulette with a round in every chamber.
3 min read · 3 comments
Notes on election issues and candidates
By John Servais · Thu Oct 30, 2025
With just 5 days until election day, here are some notes that may help you with your ballot.
5 min read · 12 comments
Charter Amendments for Whatcom County
By John Servais · Tue Oct 28, 2025
Yes, voting recommendations for those 12 proposed amendments to our Home Rule Charter.
4 min read · 7 comments
Veterans Administration Boasts About Disability Claims Don't Pass The Smell Test
By Dick Conoboy · Fri Oct 24, 2025
An increase in "provisional" approvals for disability may be the reason for the VA's so-called surge in "completed" disability claims.
3 min read · 1 comment
National Infrastructure Bank Bill Reintroduced Into The House
By Dick Conoboy · Tue Oct 21, 2025
HR 5356, to establish a $5 trillion bank to develop infrastructure replaces HR 4052 that was originally submitted to the 118th Congress in 2023.
2 min read · 2 comments
Northwest Citizen: A Community Commitment
By NWCitizen Management · Mon Oct 20, 2025
Maintenance, upgrades, tweaks, and unintended consequences
1 min read
No Kings in Bellingham
By Carol Follett · Sun Oct 19, 2025
A perspective on the Oct 18 No Kings protest.
4 min read · 7 comments
ICE: Trump's Brownshirts
By David A. Swanson · Fri Oct 17, 2025
Thugs are thugs, regardless of what they’re wearing.
2 min read · 10 comments
Vote NO On 8201
By Dick Conoboy · Wed Oct 15, 2025
The resolution would allow the investment of state employee long term care insurance premiums in stocks of private companies
3 min read · 6 comments
Bellingham By the Numbers
By Jon Humphrey · Fri Oct 10, 2025
When you look at government statistics, we’re not doing so great. What’s going on here?
3 min read · 1 comment

Jay Markarian

Commenting Since Feb 19, 2017
James Markarian was born, raised, and educated in New England. He worked domestically and globally with the DoD and UN in WMD non-proliferation programs and the US EPA. He and his wife retired to Bellingham.

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