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First presidential debate filled with familiar themes
- By Fernando Aceves
- Published 10/2/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
What was supposed to be a record-setting presidential debate as far as
television viewers goes, turned out to be an averagely-viewed one
filled with many familiar themes.
‘Big Oil’ might be bad, but here’s a ‘Big’ that’s worse
- By Richard Burger
- Published 10/2/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
All the negative economic “news,” (not to be confused with the actual
economic situation) and all the talk about high gas prices and Big Oil
and its outrageous profits got me thinking about some of the other
“Bigs” that are out there selling stuff we have to have and making way
too much money. I don’t know if you’ve ever thought much about it, but
there’s one of those that is an order of magnitude worse than Big Oil.
I’m talking about Big Software.
When does security become a priority to a community?
- By Fernando Aceves
- Published 09/24/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
Many cities around the Valley have experienced budget problems in the past. Some more recently than others…it’s nothing new.
Sign here for an economics lesson you won’t forget
- By Richard Burger
- Published 09/24/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
Every time I read about the housing “crisis” there is always the use of
the word “greed” worked into the story, often times more than once.
It’s a word with a lot of emotional appeal. That’s why certain
politicians and media like to use it so much. What “greed” means,
according to the Webster’s Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary, is a “desire
for more than one needs or deserves.” The dictionary doesn’t specify
who gets to determine need or deserts. So, what “greed” seems to mean
as a practical matter is “anyone who already has more than I do (or
when politicians use it, more than you do), and wants more. The upshot
is, “greed” means a lot of different things, depending on who’s
talking.
Hello to all Review Independent readers!
- By Review Staff
- Published 09/24/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
My name is William Lewis, a reporter who has just arrived from Pasco,
Wash. I will be the Review Independent’s new sports writer and will
cover youth sports in the communities of Zillah, Toppenish, Granger,
White Swan and Wapato.
Hispanic Heritage Month and the upcoming elections
- By Fernando Aceves
- Published 09/18/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
This week marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. Combine that
with the obvious large Latino population of the Yakima Valley…and the
fact that I’m Hispanic too, it got me thinking about what kind of role
the nation’s Hispanic population will have on the upcoming presidential
election, and local elections as well.
Sounds like Congress may have gone a little over budget
- By Richard Burger
- Published 09/18/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
Remember a couple of months ago when I was talking about the
incomprehensibility of a trillion dollars? Well I just got a press
release from a guy named Don Brunell, who is the president of the
Association of Washington Businesses. The headline read, “America’s
Federal Debt is Beyond Comprehension.” You’ll never guess how much that
debt is, and even if you did guess right, it wouldn’t mean much. Try
$53 trillion. That’s how much the Government Accountability Office
claims it will take to make good on the promise made to all the folks
who will be retiring over the next decade and a half, for their
retirement and health care costs, plus a few other incidental debts the
government has racked up.
Worrisome, violent weekend hits the Yakima Valley
- By Fernando Aceves
- Published 09/11/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
It’s been a violent weekend here in the Valley. Not necessarily in our
particular neck of the woods, but just to south and north of the Review
Independent’s circulation area.
The awesome power of paint and the right attitude
- By Richard Burger
- Published 09/11/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
I became convinced a long time ago that if you want to know what
someone really believes, pay more attention to what they do than what
they say. The truth of that was demonstrated twice just recently, and
both instances, coincidentally, involved painting and churches. They
both also particularly appealed to me because they were great examples
of the good that can come when people aren’t content to sit around and
wait for government to solve their problems and instead take the
initiative to make things better. And by the way, no government grants
were required.
Big challenges await winner of County Commissioner race
- By Fernando Aceves
- Published 09/9/2008
- Commentary
- Unrated
Yakima County voters were plentiful and decisive about which two of the
four candidates running for County Commissioner (District 2) they
preferred the most during the Aug. 19th primary. By the end of the
night, it was clear that incumbent Ron Gamache (with 19 percent of the
vote) would not be getting elected to a third term. The citizen’s of
Yakima County had made it clear that they want change.
