The first thing I would do amid rising gas prices is reopen the Keystone pipeline.
We can be energy independent so we don’t have to rely on Russia and give them money to pay for their war. …
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3/11/22
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I want to thank the Centralia School District, Thorbeckes and the City of Centralia for taking care of our pool. The pool recently had a pump go out which left it shut down for over a couple of …
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3/9/22
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In your article posted Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, titled, “Centralia Police Department to Sell Seized And Unclaimed Property Online,” the reporter left your readers with an inaccurate picture …
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3/9/22
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The ongoing (and thankfully diminishing) COVID-19 pandemic or epidemic and our responses to it have had significant, sometimes devastating, consequences to virtually everyone. From the obvious health …
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3/4/22
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When you're secretive, only those that know your secret will hear you. When you're deceitful, no one truly hears you. People fear the very presence of you. Secrets and deceit cause the fearful to …
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3/4/22
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During his campaign for the presidency in 2020, Joseph Biden promised to nominate the first Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. With the nomination to the court of Ketanji Brown Jackson, …
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3/4/22
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Thank you, Chronicle, for running the article on the pandemic’s effect on senior adults and how to help combat those effects.
This message is to senior adults: You are free to mask up every …
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3/4/22
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I would like to commend the Centralia police chief for the swift firing of the officers who neglected their duty while allegedly having lunch.
That kind of behavior by police officers does not …
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2/28/22
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This is an appeal to public school teachers who know Christ and respect the authority of the Bible in faith and practice. It’s a plea to those educators who are struggling to reconcile the now …
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2/28/22
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I push as often as I can for people to read history, any history. But the history that will be written about 21st century America will not be worth reading.
It will start out with the Twin Towers …
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2/28/22
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The discussion about Russia interfering in what the Republicans gleefully label as this country’s last free and fair election resulted in the winner of the Electoral College vote (not the …
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2/28/22
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The prime minister of Canada has gone too far.
So far, he has arrested 300 peaceful protesters using extreme force including beatings, police on horses, stomping down on people, breaking …
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2/28/22
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Have you ever gotten the feeling that there are just too many unwritten rules in the world today?
I was confronted with an example of just such a directive recently and walked away …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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2/23/22
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Commodity money is money that can be exchanged for a commodity such as gold. The U.S. was on the gold standard until 1971. Our dollar is now a “fiat” money with no backing except the …
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2/23/22
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“A thug, a bully and a murderer.”
Those are the words used by the late Senator John McCain to characterize Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
“Genius. Wonderful. …
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2/23/22
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Before the pandemic there was a healthy bowling community in Centralia. While at one time there were three bowling alleys in Centralia and Chehalis, two went out of business, but there was still …
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2/21/22
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Both recent articles concerning the statement of charges in support of the recall of Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer are informative and accurate, but incomplete. The articles omit the …
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2/21/22
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“That’s offensive. Black women are what, 6% of the US population? He’s saying to 94% of Americans, I don’t give a damn about you."
This is the final quote in an article …
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2/21/22
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My family relocated to Chehalis from Olympia in August. We thoroughly enjoy our new community. The contrasts are many: no homeless camps with concomitant crime; no needles on the street; great …
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2/16/22
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The crisis in Ukraine, in which the arrogance of a Russian tyrant threatens to ignite a senseless and devastating war, brings to mind the Cuban Missile Crisis during the presidency of John F. …
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2/16/22
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