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Weather - September temperatures for Bellingham
By John Servais · Thu Oct 2, 2008
Bill McCallum is creating these interesting graphs of our monthly weather and making them available to us. We will continue to post them through December and then try to do something interesting with
The Bailout
By Craig Mayberry · Wed Oct 1, 2008
I have to hurry so I can catch a plane to Orlando to attend an academic conference, but some quick thoughts on the next couple of days before I leave. The solution to the current financial crisis is
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Outa Sight & Outa Their Minds
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Sep 30, 2008
The good news for ordinary American taxpayers just keeps coming. Monday’s formal announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s oft floated It-ain’t-really-a-Bailout Plan thrilled Wall Street. Why wo
Outa Sight & Outa Their Minds
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Sep 30, 2008
The good news for ordinary American taxpayers just keeps coming. Monday’s formal announcement of Treasury Secretary Geithner’s oft floated It-ain’t-really-a-Bailout Plan thrilled Wall Street. Why wo
Still the Big Hurdle for Reconveyance
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Sep 30, 2008
From the outset of discussion of the proposal to reconvey forest lands to the county for a new park I have written that it is necessary to first rezone or amend Whatcom County’s Comprehensive Plan in
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Is Global Warning a Myth ?
By g.h.kirsch · Tue Sep 30, 2008
As we race towards a future fraught with economic and environmental uncertainty; and as global forces pull at our cherished freedoms and political institutions, at the risk of more ridicule and condes
Did Herald aid and abet a crime?
By John Servais · Sun Sep 28, 2008
Sep 30 addition - see bottom of article for interesting additional information about a Herald reporter relevant to this prosecution.
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Dave McEachran’s prosecution of Jeffrey Ga
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Phoenix in theTarpit - The politics of deception
By Tip Johnson · Fri Sep 26, 2008
Big problems require big solutions, quick. If bipartisan cooperation in major policy changes is needed, then so be it. Democrats will reach across the aisle and…get sucker punched!

This cou
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And now for something completely different
By g.h.kirsch · Thu Sep 25, 2008
As I listened to The Great Leader explain our national predicament last night I heard two things.

First, we the people are in tremendous jeopardy, and face a financial collapse of a magnitude
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Thoughts on the Financial Crisis
By Craig Mayberry · Tue Sep 23, 2008
So here we all sit in a major financial crisis (at least that is what we are told) and the middle of a presidential election. What could be more fun! I have listened intently to the debate and solut
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Dave McEachran’s frivolous prosecutions
By John Servais · Sat Sep 20, 2008
Dave McEachran, our Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney, seems to have a problem with citizen freedoms. He is now prosecuting a nice normal citizen for some poorly worded blog comments - and intends
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Stillman Creek: Real Possibility or Scare Tactic?
By Tom Pratum · Wed Sep 17, 2008
This past winter, during torrential rains to the South of us, there were some very serious slides on Weyerhaeuser land in Lewis County adjacent to Stillman Creek (a tributary of the Chehalis River) th
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What’s in a name?
By Larry Horowitz · Thu Sep 11, 2008
People everywhere like to use labels to compartmentalize things - as well as other people.
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THE STRAIGHT TALK DISTRESS
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Sep 6, 2008
While hyping a claim to be the agent of change and reform, it appears the maverick’s minions missed the message. In another example of the rising price of free speech, Amy Goodman and other journalis
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Pitbull with Lipstick?
By Tip Johnson · Thu Sep 4, 2008
Sarah Palin made her big splash to a receptive crowd last night at the Republican National Convention. We’ll see how well it plays with those not already so predisposed.

One thing is for sure:
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The Political Elite Don’t Get It
By Craig Mayberry · Sun Aug 31, 2008
{Please read this post in the spirit it is intended, somewhat satirical and a little exaggerated at times to make a point often missed in today’s political climate.}

This has truly been a
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Homeward Bound - Outward Bound
By g.h.kirsch · Wed Aug 27, 2008
The City Club discussion of Bellingham’s deteriorating water supply today wasn’t much, but it was a start. Perhaps the most to be taken away from the gathering was the depth and degree of the public’
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High Noon At The Not So OK Coral
By g.h.kirsch · Sat Aug 23, 2008
This Wednesday at the City Club Bellingham’s mayor and the County Executive may begin to address the failing condition of Lake Whatcom. But again, they may not. Joining them will be Steve Hood who h
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A Time to Choose?
By Ham Hayes · Tue Aug 19, 2008
Obama’s campaign may have reached its zenith. The emerging story about his position on partial and live-birth abortion could be the unraveling of his reach for history. A problem he has is th
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Whatcom Superior Court Judge Election
By John Servais · Sat Aug 16, 2008
The Superior Court election is the most important because the final winner is decided this election and not in November like all the others. The campaigns of sitting judge Chuck Snyder and challenger
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