HeraldNet.com OPINION http://www.heraldnet.com The latest news and information for Snohomish and Island counties in Washington State. en-us Copyright 2008, The Daily Herald Co., Everett, Wash. ehelm@heraldnet.com (Elaine Helm) ckelly@heraldnet.com (Carlotta Kelly) Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:24:08 PST Newspapers http://www.heraldnet.com/rss 30 http://www.heraldnet.com/images/heraldnet.gif HeraldNet http://www.heraldnet.com Aerospace: Are we in or out? Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Editorials http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION01/711089941/-1/rss05 As the initial shock of Boeing's South Carolina decision wears off, some unprecedented soul-searching must follow. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION01/711089941/-1/rss05 D.C.'s ‘Failure To Launch' national health care policy Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089973/-1/rss05 The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee health care bill includes a provision that would allow parents to keep their children as... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089973/-1/rss05 Requirement to buy is ridiculous Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089987/-1/rss05 I cannot understand why someone has not challenged the mandatory health insurance law in Massachusetts. This requirement and that proposed as a part... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089987/-1/rss05 Company in need of a real leader Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089985/-1/rss05 Amazing how many fingers have been pointed around since Boeing made the decision to move the second line to South Carolina. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089985/-1/rss05 Some jobs are in the U.S., for now Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089983/-1/rss05 A Monday letter writer notes that ''At least jobs are staying in U.S.'' http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089983/-1/rss05 Ineffective fight costs way too much Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089981/-1/rss05 I'm writing in response to the Oct. 27 letter, ''No good reason to legalize pot.'' http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089981/-1/rss05 Unions don't care about the company Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089977/-1/rss05 I was an employee of the Boeing Co. in the Seattle area for 19-plus years. I was hired to be an electronic mechanic on the 767 (two months before the... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089977/-1/rss05 More thought must be given Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089975/-1/rss05 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are something that should be given more thought than most politicians do, and tying decisions to the political... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION02/711089975/-1/rss05 We are what we trade and how we trade it Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089999/-1/rss05 Trade and globalization -- when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089999/-1/rss05 Taking wing in their honor Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089989/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089989/-1/rss05 Still a bridge too far Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089991/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- The Iranians have a word they use to describe a political impasse. They speak of it as a bombast, which means a dead-end... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089991/-1/rss05 No climate exists for change treaty Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089995/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089995/-1/rss05 GOP at war with itself won't win much Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089997/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- Democrats have some thinking to do after Tuesday's elections, but Republicans don't have time to think. They're... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION04/711089997/-1/rss05 Wake up and get involved before more companies take a hike Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST Commentary http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION03/711089993/-1/rss05 Regardless of whether you decide to take an active role in government, there will always be lawmakers in Olympia making decisions that affect your... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091108/OPINION03/711089993/-1/rss05