Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
Mitt Romney has been known to change positions. His father was a man of steady convictions, something the younger Romney has taken as a lesson in how to lose a presidential campaign.
In the Depression, FDR won re-election over populist insurgencies by running on a strong jobs and fairness platform. Obama, slower to respond, still might do the same, helped by the fading of the Tea Party. Here are some lessons from American history.
The proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal near Bellingham could brings jobs, but it could also endanger livelihoods and natural resources.
Neither side in the battle over exporting coal to China winds up with clear mandate in Bellingham and Whatcom County elections.
In Edmonds, Seattle, Spokane, and elsewhere, organizing against a plan to export coal to China could begin right along the railroad tracks.
