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  December 2025

Stop the Ranch Quarry

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Nearly three years ago, an application notice was quietly posted for the Ranch Quarry Surface Mine. This proposed 64-acre open pit rock quarry, located off South Pass Road in the foothills above Sumas, might look like just another industrial development … Continue reading →

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  June 2019

“Watch Out!” Column on Hiatus

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Lyle Harris Sr., who has written quite a few witty and insightful Watch Out! columns for us, is taking a writing break. Watch Out! started with the March 2017 issue — the column has followed the burgeoning lawlessness of the … Continue reading →

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  April 2019

9,014 Dubious Claims in 773 Days in Office

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by Lyle Harris Sr. This section is devoted to studying the impacts of the Trump Administration. What can we say? Shocking! Terrible! How could this happen? When will it end? That’s the question for all of us when we examine … Continue reading →

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  March 2019

Lies That Could Power Hoover Dam

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by Lyle Harris Sr. This section is devoted to studying the impacts of the Trump administration. The U.S. Constitution is based on trust that we citizens, at any time in history, will understand the importance and meaning of certain fundamental … Continue reading →

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  December 2018

Ancient Violence Is Still With Us

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by Lyle Harris Sr. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Those words, attributed to Abraham Lincoln, are as pertinent today as they were 160 … Continue reading →

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  October-November 2018

A Powerful Rebuttal to Trump’s “Fake News”

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by Lyle Harris Sr. Bob Woodward’s latest book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” about Donald Trump’s fitness for office, has won strong reviews in major publications. In short, the book presents a crisis of leadership underscoring Trump’s inability to … Continue reading →

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  September 2018

The Danger of Trump’s Threats to the Press

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by Lyle Harris Sr. “I don’t carry an AR (automatic rifle) but once we start shooting you f—ers you aren’t going to pop off like you do now. You’re worthless, the press is the enemy of the United States people … Continue reading →

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  August 2018

“Fake News” Versus Facts — A Crucial Difference

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by Lyle Harris Sr. This section is devoted to studying the local impacts of specific issues the Trump Administration or Republican Congress will propose. When a Trump supporter said that President Obama had pardoned more persons than any other president, … Continue reading →

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  June 2018

How Can We Talk About Morals and Politics?

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by Bob Schober This section is devoted to studying the local impacts of specific issues the Trump Administration or Republican Congress will propose.   Perhaps it is human instinct to deny or forget uncomfortable thoughts. Or maybe it iswillful hypocrisy, … Continue reading →

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  May 2018

The Exemplar of Democracy in Retreat

by Lyle Harris Sr.

“If we think of fascism as a wound from the past that had almost healed, putting Trump in the White House was like ripping off the bandage and picking at the scab,” Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 … Continue reading →

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