opinion Archives - The Easterner

Humanity chose Notre Dame over starving children

May 2, 2019

Colleen Ford is the Web Editor for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is her own, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Eastern...

Undrafted players have that special chip, and Webster fits the bill

May 1, 2019

Taylor Newquist is the Sports Editor for The Easterner. The overtly hyperbolic opinion expressed in this article is his own and does not necessarily refl...

Easterner Asks: Trump’s wall

February 28, 2019

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Letter to the editor: EWU professor responds to Saudi funding report

November 28, 2018

Jeffrey Corkill is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at EWU. Letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The East...

Editorial: U.S. Midterm results return checks and balances to government

November 14, 2018

The 2018 midterm elections are over. Who won? It depends who is asked. Both sides are certainly claiming victory. For example, on election night, President ...

Letter to the Editor: A call for educational leadership in the 5th district congressional race

October 24, 2018

Dear Editor, During my 40-year tenure in education, I worked with leaders on both sides of the aisle. As a superintendent of public schools and a c...

Opinion: Prescription drug advertising needs to go

October 19, 2018

Dylan Harris is the Copy Editor for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is his own, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Eastern...

Easterner Asks: Changes to EWU?

October 17, 2018

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Opinion: Eric Reid’s NFL return about more than football

October 9, 2018

Michael Brock is the Editor in Chief for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is his own, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of ...

Opinion: Is Kavanaugh supreme court material?

October 4, 2018

Dylan Harris is the Copy Editor for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is his own, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The...

Editorial: Trump’s war with the media

By The Easterner, Editorial board

October 3, 2018

On Aug. 15, newspapers around the country joined together and ran front-page editorials pushing back on President Donald Trump’s often tweeted assertion that the news media is the enemy of the American people. The idea for the editorials was the brainchild of the Boston Globe. The Easterner does not print during the summer, so we did not run such an editorial. However,...

Editorial: Register to vote, make a real change

By The Easterner, Editorial Board

September 28, 2018

An earlier version of this editorial stated that Republican candidate Cathy McMorris Rodgers received 47.8 percent of the vote in the District 5 primary and 1,435 more votes than Democrat opponent Lisa Brown (46.8 percent). It has been updated to reflect that McMorris Rodgers tallied 49.3 percent of the vote, while Brown received 45.4 percent. She also got 7,951 more votes tha...