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, 6 Dec 2009 17:54:05 PST Newspapers http://www.heraldnet.com/rss 30 http://www.heraldnet.com/images/heraldnet.gif HeraldNet http://www.heraldnet.com We're not alone in the world Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Editorials http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION01/712069933/-1/rss05 As President Obama launches a surge of troops in Afghanistan, Americans are surging away from the rest of the world. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION01/712069933/-1/rss05 Another last chance for Earth's future Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069975/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- With 20,000 delegates, advocates and journalists jetting to Copenhagen for planet Earth's last chance, the carbon footprint of the... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069975/-1/rss05 Supporting party is integral, historical Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069969/-1/rss05 The political importance of the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office is evidenced by the careers of U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson and Congressman... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069969/-1/rss05 Printing convict's message wrong Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069967/-1/rss05 Since when is The Herald in the business of relaying messages from prisoners to their partners in crime on the outside? I am appalled at the article,... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069967/-1/rss05 Leader needed, not figurehead Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069965/-1/rss05 The Snohomish County Council on Wednesday will choose between two Democratic candidates to succeed Janice Ellis as county prosecutor. One is current... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069965/-1/rss05 Father portrayed unfairly at trial Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069963/-1/rss05 Regarding the Wednesday article, ''Father gets 13 years in 6-year-old's fatal shooting'': http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069963/-1/rss05 Heed Eisenhower's informed warning Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069961/-1/rss05 On Jan. 17, 1961, then President Dwight Eisenhower gave his farewell speech to a peaceful and prosperous nation. It is available for viewing and... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069961/-1/rss05 It's about defense, in all place Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Letters http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069959/-1/rss05 For those of you who are concerned about allowing guns in parks, where no hunting is allowed, please understand the Second Amendment is not about... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION02/712069959/-1/rss05 Politization of crime may have led to Clemmons' release Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069971/-1/rss05 It's over for Mike Huckabee. His presidential hopes will not survive revelations that as governor of Arkansas he had commuted the long prison... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069971/-1/rss05 Iranian nukes: a deadly serious game Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069973/-1/rss05 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- How will the confrontation over Iran's nuclear program evolve during the next year? If a simulation game played at... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069973/-1/rss05 As Obama escalates, his base stays behind Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:01:00 PST Opinion Columnists http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069977/-1/rss05 WASHINGTON -- On the same evening last week that President Obama went to West Point to outline his plans to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091206/OPINION04/712069977/-1/rss05