In recent years, papermakers in the Pacific Northwest have been losing ground. However, today there is a ray of hope. Surprisingly, that optimism results from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As we get deeper into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are finding more Americans to thank. Until recently, truckers have been behind the scenes just doing their jobs, but as shoppers learn how groceries and necessities

Preliminary sales trends from Small Business Saturday show a continuing increase in purchases via smartphone, even among shoppers patronizing local merchants. According to the Associated Press, Adobe Analytics said purchase via smartphone made up over

Imagine tuning into the Sunday morning talk shows and wondering if the politicians and commentators could possibly find something positive to say about one another or the state of affairs in America. Suddenly, on Oct. 20

Too often, elected officials overlook the cumulative costs of regulations, taxes, and fees on taxpayers; however, it comes back to bite them hard when people move or take matters into their own hands by initiative. Consider what is happening in

Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory, and it could get much worse unless voters start asking politicians: 'How are taxpayers going to pay for what they promise?” We now owe over $22.5 trillion to lenders, of which nearly half is

Sweden and Washington state are very similar. Both have strong 'green” movements and are quickly moving to eliminate all carbon-emitting fuels from cars and power plants. The caution for Washington's elected officials is not to mandate hastily prog

Shortly after Apollo 11 landed on the moon and astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the dusty lunar surface, some comedian in our Army unit at Fort Knox, Kentucky, posted a sign in our barracks: 'Sorry, Drill Sgt., No Green Cheese!”

During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton famously intoned, 'I feel your pain,” reassuring voters he understood what they were going through. Since then, similar statements of empathy have become a staple for politicians.

There are dams that should come down and those that shouldn't. Hopefully, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts its review of the 14 federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, that will become abundantly clear.