September 16, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When it comes to policy matters, polling shows that Vice President Kamala Harris has lots of vulnerabilities. But where she stands on abortion isn’t one of them. Read story
September 16, 2024, 6:01am Columns
When it comes to digging out from the pandemic, we’ve done OK around here. The job scene is pretty strong, transit is recovering and even downtown Seattle is showing signs of life. Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The headlines this election cycle have been dominated by unprecedented events, among them former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, the attempt on his life, President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and his replacement on the Democratic ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris. It’s no wonder other important political developments have… Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
One of the most important issues facing the country has been conspicuously absent from the U.S. presidential contest — and got only the most superficial mention at Tuesday night’s debate. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump apparently agree that unsustainable public borrowing is not their concern. In fact, both are proposing… Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If it’s strength they need, there’s strength in numbers. Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Remember when we were talking about how Seattle now has 54,000 millionaires? Well, they’re making news again. Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
It was ugly. It was inane. It was tone-deaf and uncouth. And that’s just briefly summarizing Donald Trump’s performance in Tuesday night’s debate. Read story
September 13, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Does it sometimes seem as if social media has turned American popular culture into a perfectionist parody of itself? Read story
September 12, 2024, 6:01am Columns
By any stretch of the imagination, the U.S. is one of the world’s biggest coal producers. Even after declining by about half since 2008, output last year was still 527 million metric tons, the fourth-biggest total globally. And yet you could keep all of America’s coal boilers and blast furnaces… Read story
September 12, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There was no fanfare, no flackery. Not even a whispered leak of advance self-promotion. Read story
