It is unfortunate your editorial on Aug. 1, “For-profit colleges not a good use of taxpayer funds,” gave an incomplete and unbalanced description of the report of Sen. Tom Harkin and the Democratic staff of the Senate HELP Committee.

In September, after the Democrats and Republicans hold their national conventions, the presidential election will begin in earnest, and we will be bombarded with reminders about everything that divides us as a nation.

Imagine that you have Crohn’s disease, terminal cancer or chronic pain from a serious car accident. You’ve tried all the drugs out there, but they make you nauseated, withdrawn or cause severe headaches.

As we continue to starve our natural resource agencies of funding, the impact is more and more difficult to watch. Here’s a sad tale about one of the state’s most popular beaches with a sidebar lament for two endangered species.

Today, on the 67th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we need to call an end to the nuclear experiment.

It’s a nightmare come true: In a moment of distraction, a baby is left behind in a parked vehicle.