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Burgess: Democrats are good for business

October 1, 2024, 6:01am Columns

It’s time to retire the old trope that Democrats are anti-business. Perhaps it’s Republicans that are bad for business? Read story

Jarvis: High weight loss drug costs hurt

September 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns

On Tuesday, congressional leaders spent two hours taking to task Novo Nordisk Chief Executive Officer Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen over the high price of the company’s diabetes and obesity drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. Now the question is whether those prices will change. Read story

Other Papers Say: Clarify protest safety standards

September 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns

As life on the University of Washington campus ramps up after summer break, students, faculty and community members deserve to know what to expect when it comes to protests around the war in Gaza. Unfortunately, President Ana Mari Cauce has so far not provided clear guidelines, contending instead in a… Read story

Cohen: Are Americans generous? Research sheds light

September 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns

For 20 years, experts have sounded the alarm on a decline of charitable giving in the United States. Then came the pandemic, which led to a wave of new donations and volunteers to nonprofits. For some leaders, this was a sign that perhaps the retreat from philanthropy was reversing course. Read story

Estrich: Demeaning women

September 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns

‘I am your protector. I want to be your protector … you will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. You will no longer be in danger. You’re not going to be in danger any longer.” Read story

Leubsdorf: A personal tale about Carter

September 30, 2024, 6:01am Columns

On a December afternoon nearly 50 years ago, I got a phone call from Jody Powell, the press secretary to a little-known former governor of Georgia who had this bizarre notion he would be the country’s next president. Read story

Jayne: Electoral College needs mitigation

September 28, 2024, 6:02am Columns

Well, at least we can agree on something. Read story

Bobb: Students need civics

September 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns

We have all seen the ubiquitous “man on the street” interviews where young people struggle to identify the branches of government or their elected representatives. And the headlines announcing American students’ poor performance on national civics assessments are hard to miss. Read story

Other Papers Say: GOP lying while women dying

September 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns

It was always inevitable, and now it’s official: The new era of relentless political intrusion into personal medical decisions is killing women. Read story

Schmidt: Ambiguity unlikely to help Harris

September 28, 2024, 6:01am Columns

The 2024 election is shaping up to be a “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know” kind of contest. Read story