Our latest Opinions and Editorial Comments about issues of interest
Story of Citizens United v FEC
A few weeks ago Klickitat Democrat, Bob Hansen, hosted a house party to view the short (10 minutes!) film, "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC". This film was created by the same folks at The Story of Stuff Project and describes the landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it is unconstitutional to limit how much money corporations can spend to influence elections. Since the 2010 ruling, corporations have spent $300 Read more »
Pointing Fingers
Letter to the Editor of the White Salmon Enterprise re November 23 editorial I am surprised you chose the Detroit News editorial. There were more honest editorials from the New York Times and Washington Post regarding the super committee failure, which was no surprise. Four members had voted NO on the Simpson-Bowles plan, and showed no signs of budging. Republicans signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge, so were not in a mindset for compromise. Read more »
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