Recent NWCitizen Articles

Profiles WWU’s College of Ethnic Studies and racism during the 60s
Contrasts business ethics and political ethics
What will New York’s proposed salt reduction laws do for us?
Bellingham council and mayor are working to buy the 80 acres of Chuckanut Ridge development for a bargain price. Washington Federal does not want the land.
Local concert celebrates Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday–and the efforts of one man to see him awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Fate of proposed Chuckanut Ridge development continues to be a concern.
The screening of several million airline passengers a day is a huge task–and not being very well done.
Port of Bellingham in the news
Tip writes a letter to President Obama about Health Care and about his concerns that Obama has sold us short.
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&#
Holiday Album 2009 - mixing conversations and prose, Charles Dickens quotes, with history provided by the National Museum of Women’s History.

1. “I will honour Christmas in my heart,
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
It looks like we’ve got a pretty watered down climate accord. It doesn’t provide accountability and won’t limit warming to within the two degree Celsius out-of-control climate tipping point.
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
It is always fascinating to watch the government budgeting process. With the recent reduction in revenue forecast, the Governor and other state politicians announced a severe cut in funding to
On this day in 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was a difficult home birth for Sinatra’s mother, Dolly. The 13 pound Sinatra arrived stillborn. The chil
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’
On Dec 3, the FDIC issued a Supervisory Prompt Corrective Action Directive to Horizon Bank due to the bank’s critically undercapitalized status.
I always hate public issues that involve decades of history and require integration of multiple points. I refer to it as ‘the indignity of explanation.’ Public interest advocates gain nothing
Dateline: Nov 11, 2011 Bellingham, WA A series of recent landslides around the perimeter of Chuckanut Ridge, which caused substantial property damage.

Mary Anne Rangel

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