Opinion

Lives will be saved with tobacco regulation

Congress has passed, and President Barack Obama has signed, historic legislation that will give federal regulators authority to regulate the tobacco industry.

Predicament in Honduras tests U.S. policies

Help me out here. President Barack Obama immediately “meddles” in the affairs of Honduras, denouncing a military coup, the intent of which is to preserve the country’s constitution, but when it comes to Iran’s fraudulent election and the violent repression of demonstrators who wanted their votes counted, the president initially vacillates and equivocates.

Letters to the Editor for July 6

• Health care reform must be top priority
• Don't turn beautiful lake into estuary

Lakefair survives against the odds, looks to future

Ten days from today, the 52st annual Lakefair celebration will be under way with the first spin of the ferris wheel. Two years ago, there was serious doubt whether Olympia’s signature midsummer festival would survive beyond its golden anniversary.

Letters to the Editor for July 5

• Do you think buffalo burped?
• Overman's photos are works of art
• Sterling should be hired to stage Procession
• Public health care option necessary
• We need to agree to disagree