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Our problem is not that there is too much “fake news.” Our problem is that too many people believe it. Fortunately, there is an “antidope” — epistemology , the theory of knowledge or “how we know what we know.” Epistemology is a good solution because it has validity tests to distinguish between justified belief and opinion. And this distinction is central to most disagreements. Epistemology has simple and clarifying definitions, e.g., Truth has the property that corresponds with facts and reality. Can you imagine how many arguments wou...
Voting Democrat will make things worse. I was born in Spokane and raised on a small ranch west of the city. My parents were lifelong Democrats. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Democrats had a much different party. Let’s look at today. If you vote for Democrats every selection, here are a few things you should know and consider: In 2015, I paid $1.87 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, I filled up at $4.86 per gallon. You voted for that. Our cowardly president surrendered in Afghanistan, killing 13 fine young marines and abandoning thousands of A...
I am really disappointed to write this letter but feel our community needs to know our hospital’s acquiesce to a rather vile surgical practice. Let me say that the outset I have always supported the hospital, it has made our community a desirable place to live and work. The doctors, professional staff, aides and schedulers are dedicated to their patients and deliver the highest quality of care. How, then, would such a highly professional and caring institution grant the use of their surgical facilities to a surgeon who intends to conduct (...
Aloha, I’m Mark Gudmunson and I am a longtime Colfax resident up to 2012. I am now a resident on the beautiful Island of Maui where I serve as the Senior Pastor of a Nazarene Church in Pukalani. We recently suffered devastating fires on Maui and our entire Island community is still in a state of shock during this time of recovery. We have received so much support and encouragement from so many people in Colfax and Whitman County that I wanted to say thank you! You are an amazing community that my family and I live so very much! We love and a...
I have been told by a reliable person that our local Whitman Hospital is now performing “transgender surgeries.” That is very disturbing on many grounds. But, letters to the editor only allow 250 words, so, for brevity sake I will address only one. First and foremost is the moral issue. Let us mix a couple of metaphors and pull aside a modern day smoke screen. It is a biological fact that there are only two sexes. Male and Female. Those are determined by our DNA. Yes, I know about the very rare DSD (Differences in Sex Development), but tha...
I agree with the argument made by members of Congress to The Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf advocating that the cases being brought against Donald Trump be broadcast for all citizens to witness. Generally criminal cases are not broadcast to the public, but the outcome of most criminal cases don’t usually affect all citizens as this case will. And it is legal to override the current laws regarding broadcast restrictions if the Congress votes to do so. Here is the pertinent part of the argument in that letter that I hope all Americans support: ...
I would like to publicly say goodbye to my former colleague, great friend & fellow book fiend Joan Claussen. As Sean, Carmen, and the rest of these skilled people can tell you, Joan’s smile, always being jolly yet her experience & compassion is what made the Special Care Unit at Whitman Convalescent Center such a beneficial environment for not only our Alzheimer residents but also their families and friends. Here I have to point out a person who was one of the kindest and most understanding of all and that was Dale Stover. He and his wife A...
It’s about time someone in authority told the truth, that Governor Jay Inslee is a complete and poor liar. He should have taken the Bill Clinton “How to Lie Successfully” home study course. If you haven’t already, please read the Senators very informative column found in the August 1 st Gazette that tells it like it has been and still is. My own take on his gas price hike is that he wants everyone to buy an electric vehicle to save the world from global warming, which in itself is nonsense and a lie. On your trip to Norway, how much “pollut...
How much of your tax money is devoted to helping or killing people; building or destroying? Last December’s debt ceiling bill contained nearly $4 billion dollars for military aid to Israel and 300 million for Palestine. On July 3rd, Israel mounted an air and ground offensive (the largest in 20 years) with 1,000 troops in Jenin city, leaving 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead and more than 100 Palestinians wounded. This onslaught which used Apache helicopters resulted in a massive destruction of the refugee camp with a complete p...
Dear Editor, My wife took me to the movie “Sound of Freedom” last week. Disney shelved this motion picture for over five years. Recent headlines and news stories may explain why. Angel Studios have now bought the distribution rights and it is currently being shown in some theaters. Yet, there are those who want to shut it down. There are reasons why the many “friends of Jeffery Epstein” are trying hard to keep you from seeing this film. Those are the very reasons why you should see it. There is a quote from Philip Ahlrich in the America...
Norma, to what Colfax cemetery were you referring to in your “Letter to the Editor” in last week’s Gazette because I have volunteered at Colfax Community District #6 cemetery for the last five years. That’s the cemetery to be found atop “Cemetery Hill” on the way to Palouse, my job the last five years has been mowing the lawns and I can assure you, there has never been 2 inches grass and weeds at CCD #6 at least in the last five years. No way! But if you see something that you think is wrong up there, please stop one of us worker’s (you’ll be a...
I visited the Colfax Cemetery twice over the Memorial Day weekend, and I have never seen it look better. I was impressed with the overall appearance, the weed control and the trimming around the stones. The addition of the big flower planters placed at the entry and on the road corners are a very nice touch; it is helpful to have the water faucets painted orange so they are easily spotted; and of course, the flags are the crowning touch. The first time I stopped was Thursday night, and a crew was still working after 7pm – mowing, trimming and u...
Within about a year, it’s estimated that funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which plays a key role in addressing the digital divide, will expire. While the ACP’s expiration would threaten connectivity for over 18 million households across the country, the most negative impact would be felt in rural communities. The ACP’s expiration would greatly harm the affordability efforts that’ve been made over the past few years in rural areas. Starting with the Trump Administration’s Emergency Broadband Benefit, which then transitio...
Palouse Citizens’ Climate Lobby (PCCL) does not endorse candidates. It focuses instead on effective climate policies to gain the broadest possible support. PCCL’s nonpartisan stance may sometimes feel frustrating, but it has the powerful side-effect of developing ideas more fully. For instance, Pullman’s mayoral race has three candidates presenting their ideas for Pullman’s future, and a recent personal discussion with candidate Debbie McNeil made one idea much clearer. The idea is to install many more charging stations downtown so electri...
Life in the Palouse this time of year is beyond beautiful. The green rolling hills are a sight to see by those local folks and those who live far away. We take many amenities for granted here. We turn on our water and it pours out clean into our homes. We flush our toilets and don’t ever worry about where it goes. We turn on our electricity and never think twice about whether the lights will turn on or not. But then what if our lights don’t turn on? What if our power to our home is out when we get home late at night? Fortunately we have loc...
President Joe Biden is seeking re-election. I wish he were younger and I might favor other Democrats—Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan Governor, and 2020 presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker come to mind. But Biden’s record is impressive and he may have the best chance of winning the presidency. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stated openly, and Republicans have followed, a commitment to oppose everything Democrats proposed from the day former President Barack Obama was inaugurated, even if originally Rep...
In the light of the recent gun control law being passed remember it’s our money that protects Inslee’s life by paying for his bodyguards and their firearms. Denny McDonald Colfax...
Call CMR’s Washington, D.C. Office, and you are informed that our representative believes the solution to gun violence in schools is “mental health”. What has our representative done to promote better mental health? Certainly, she cares about disabilities, but what about the broader concern for the safety and protection of all children. Dr. Michael Davidovits, a psychologist from the Ackerman Institute of the Family in New York City, reported on NPR that the mass shootings are creating more mental health problems. He gave examples of children d...
The Community Congregational United Church of Christ in Pullman, WA and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse in Moscow, ID share many of the same values, including everyone’s right to reproductive healthcare and freedom. Pullman shares a border with Idaho, a state with a total abortion ban and where providers can be charged with a felony for providing abortion care. This extreme law that criminalizes reproductive rights is leading to an increase of Idahoans crossing the border to Washington for abortion services. CCUCC and UUCP w...
Nice to see Prez Biden supporting salmon, treaty rights and dam breaching. As you may or may not know, the four Lower Snake River dams were made to be breached as they are half earthen and half concrete. Maybe those who put them in had the forethought to think that we wouldn’t be here with an archaic form of hydro power generation and be more advanced than we are with alternative forms of energy 50 years later. We can’t live in the past and have to move ahead and progress to new and better ways of power generation. Julian Matthews Lapwai, Ida...
I attended the Odessa School Board meeting on March 22. I fear this is only the catalyst. I am in disbelief. I am an alum of Odessa schools and a teacher. From a professional perspective, I cannot fathom conducting myself in any way that would harm a student. Educators’ responsibility to student safety and respect supersedes any other. I care about my students. There are times classroom behaviors require sternness, but never screaming, putting your hands on a student or insulting or demeaning them. There have always been small-town-type problem...
Parents’ Bill of Rights? Sounds OK until you see who supports it and why. House Resolution No. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reading the “five pillars of H.R. 5,” one senses that in normal times this legislation, though unnecessary, would seem quite innocent. But these aren’t normal times. The second pillar, “Parents have the right to be heard,” is being greatly debased by many Republicans. Perhaps the greatest evidence H.R. 5 is bad legislation is that MAGA and House Republicans...
Do patients have a right to know if an insurance plan is going to force them to use a mail-order pharmacy or the insurance-owned mail order system during open enrollment? Do patients have a right to chose who they receive medical and pharmaceutical care from? As a pharmacist at a local independent pharmacy, I have been fielding questions from patients using Kaiser Permanente insurance, who began receiving letters indicating they must transfer their prescriptions to a Kaiser pharmacy for continued coverage. Starting in January, the Kaiser...
Who would have ever imagined that a fashion would prevail whereby women would purposely choose to look “not pretty?” I am past 80, no longer pretty and right in style. I just wish the green, purple and orange-haired people would add a big red nose, which would be a sign that it’s OK for their audience to “Laugh Out Loud (LOL).” Amazed in 2023 Nancy Parry Moscow, Idaho...
We all need to understand climate science. Climate fundamentals are simple: Sunshine warms the Earth, and the Earth radiates heat back into space as infrared. Earth’s temperature results from how much radiant heat gets trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. GHGs are trace gases but have a disproportionate influence on temperatures. Nitrogen, oxygen and argon represent 78%, 21%, and 0.9% of our atmosphere and are not greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases only make up a fraction of the remaining 0.1%; gases such as carbon-dioxide, methane a...
