Business
Take a page from Gerald Ford’s playbook | Don Brunell
It’s D-Day for American voters. With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carrying unusually low approval ratings and having…
Don Brunell
Business
Take a page from Gerald Ford’s playbook | Don Brunell
It’s D-Day for American voters. With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carrying unusually low approval ratings and having…
Business
Abundant salmon runs are early Christmas present | Don Brunell
Pacific Northwest fishermen have good and very good news this Christmas.
Business
When forests become the “big polluters” | Don Brunell
We associate air pollution with big cities, but millions of people are feeling the impacts of pollution from…
Opinion
Fall out from the fiscal cliff | Don Brunell
Last month, an inspector general for the Treasury Department revealed that from 2010-2012 the Internal Revenue Service handed…
Opinion
Wages not the entire picture | Don Brunell
One of the problems with the minimum wage debate is the name itself. If we want to ensure…
Business
Americans need to be thankful for what we have | Don Brunell
It is human nature to take things for granted. When you’ve always had something, when it’s been around…
Business
Railroads move America’s energy safely and efficiently | Don Brunell
For activists intent on stopping all use of fossil fuel, train safety has become their cause du jour.…
Business
Looking at the Columbia River Treaty and dams | Don Brunell
There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t…
Business
Is CO2 Really the Target? | Don Brunell
Environmental activists claim they want to reduce production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. If so, they’re…
Business
What about Obamacare | Don Brunell
The newspaper Politico reports that dozens of members of Congress and their staffers are so worried about rising…
Business
Higher taxes and costs will send jobs out of state | Don Brunell
As lawmakers scramble to fund the state budget, some legislators and interest groups are targeting tax incentives designed…
Business
Oil and water can coexist | Don Brunell
There’s an old saying that oil and water don’t mix. That may be true, but apparently they coexist…
Business
The cost of creating more poor people | Don Brunell
There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that says, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for…
Business
New federal regulations will boost the cost of gas, again | Don Brunell
Imagine that you see a swimmer floundering in the water. You call the rescue squad and then you…
Business
State budgets in disarray | Don Brunell
When an errant SUV crashes through your picture window, you may not notice that your barbecue tipped over…
Business
Honoring Booth Gardner | Don Brunell
The tributes to former Gov. Booth Gardner, who died March 15 at the age of 76, remind us…
Business
A commitment to veterans | Don Brunell
In the midst of seemingly endless partisan arguments in our nation’s capital about how to reduce unemployment, Wal-Mart,…
Business
Small change will cost billions – Obamacare | Don Brunell
We’re seeing a lot of news stories these days about the projected costs of the new federal health…
Business
Action speaks louder than words | Don Brunell
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tell voters they want manufacturers to stay in America and create new jobs.…