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Letter to the Editor – May 12, 2022

Blessing Corner opens May 18 Editor, We are quickly approaching the six-month anniversary of November’s ravaged floods that impacted the communities of Sumas, Nooksack and Everson. ...

Has America failed families?

In a perfect world, there would be no unintended pregnancies. But we do not live in a perfect world. We do not have a perfect country. What we do have is imperfect responses to complicated ...

Letters to the Editor – May 4, 2022

Spirit of Lynden Editor, I live in Blaine but frequently shop in Lynden. Last Friday, returning home from five stops at various locations in Lynden, I discovered my money clip was missing. ...

Laminated wood can reduce wildfire risks

Wood buildings are making a comeback in the Pacific Northwest thanks to new laminated timber products.  Even very large buildings are now constructed with laminated beams and are successfully ...

Injustice of climate justice

The doctrine of equity goes back to the British Crown’s courts called the chancery, which gave relief to individuals making claims to fairness outside the legal system. This doctrine ...

Letters to the Editor — April 25, 2022

Please invoke Defense Protection Act Editor, Earth Day is a reminder that together, there is a lot we can do to stop and then reverse the damage done by the greed and recklessness of ...

More questions for flood relief victims

Hope. Spring, green grass, flowering trees, bushes, snowdrops, tulips, daffodils, even dandelions. All give hope of the season yet to come. Summer with different crops of food and grain ...

Ben Elenbaas: a conservative heart

Where have the age-old virtues of kindness, grace, and forgiveness gone in our politics? Every day is filled with examples of both sides of the political divide trying to bloody the ...

It’s all in the mind

The other day as I calmly sat by the large windows of my bedroom during the moments of dawn, gazing deeply at the spectacular garden, a beautiful thought on mind, which I read somewhere, ...

Demanding ‘unreasonable sustainability’

Have you heard of gossamer spider webs? Although they shimmer in the dewy morning sunlight, nevertheless they entrap the unsuspecting.  Have you been caught in a gossamer web put out ...