Dale’s bi-weekly Op-Ed articles that run in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! I was born and raised in Florida and was a Florida state resident while at college in Colorado. When I wanted to vote, I applied for an absentee ballot from the State of Florida and had it mailed to me in Boulder. It never occurred to […]
His View: Should Students Be Allowed To Vote In Moscow City Elections? Read More »
My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! In 1689, John Locke argued that political society exists for the sake of protecting one’s natural right to “life, liberty, and estate.” Thomas Jefferson extended Locke’s thesis, stating in the Declaration that we have unalienable rights to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” With every
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My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! When I was a child, we had Vocational-Technical schools that were trade schools for students not bound for college. They provided vocation-specific training and skills (carpenter, mechanic, electrician, plumber, painter, welder, etc.) for entering directly into the workforce. These schools would help place their students with
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My Op-Ed ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! Forty years ago I started my junior year of college. I lived at home the first two years, working a part-time minimum wage dishwashing job that covered all college expenses and travel (including driving two hours round trip every day to class). I earned $3892 and
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My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! There seems to be a growing trend in suburban/middle-class sentiment that simple acts of patriotism like flying an American flag will get you labeled a “nationalist.” What is a nationalist? Some think of war hawks like John Bolton. Others define a nationalist as someone who is
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My second column on Climate Change Denial ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! I appreciate the interaction concerning the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) hypothesis. This hypothesis assumes that human activity is completely responsible for all warming that we experience today. As with any scientific hypothesis, the burden lies with AGW proponents to demonstrate that
His View: No One Is a Climate Change Denier, Part 2 Read More »
My OpEd ran in yesterday’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! When I entered the navy in 1981, I ran the gauntlet of medical corpsmen with jet injectors giving every inoculation conceivable, including vaccinations for measles, mumps, and chickenpox (even though I already had those three diseases as a child). Because military members can be deployed anywhere
His View: Measles cases demand perspective, not panic Read More »
My OpEd ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Enjoy! I do not know anyone who denies climate change. Scientists tell us the earth has gone through multiple warming and cooling cycles. If someone believes that there was once an Ice Age and that it is warmer now, then they believe in climate change. During the
No One is a Climate Change Denier, Part 1 Read More »